I just want something as a proof of concept that this can be for me. I am aware I am the problem.

But everything is wildly difficult for me. I pulled back from docker after realising it was above my skillset, I just want to try home assisstant with a few lights but fair enough it is beyond me.

I opted to install a game, fail. Learn about wine and bottles. Start a bottle and get told I only have 8gb free in directory, I cannot for the life of me see where it is getting that from.

Please god someone tell me there is a step by step for the fucking imbeciles out there on where to start!?

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    I opted to install a game, fail.

    What game? Install how? Is it from an online platform?

    I just want to try home assisstant with a few lights but fair enough it is beyond me.

    The installation of home assistant, or its usage?

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        Dodi repacks tend to work better on Linux than fitgirl. Another option is to create a portable windows to go drive, use that to unpack the game then copy the files to your Linux drive.

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        I also tried to get diriger games to install with heroic, lutfisk or whatever but never got it to work. Threw the installer to steam and it just works. Weird… So I just do everything through steam now instead of messing around.

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        Mortal Kombat Fitgirl repack.

        I’d use Lutris for that, it’s a rather automated process, you create a new entry, it asks for the installer, and usually recognises the correct executable for the game.

        Literally just setting up docker to then install HA.

        Personally, I prefer to run HA in a VM rather than Docker, especially if you’re experimenting, IIRC with docker installation it doesn’t support backup and restore of components and their settings. Virt-manager makes running VMs easy enough.

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          Not op but new to Linux myself. First I’m hearing of Lutris. If I understand correctly, Wine is used to install/run Windows programs in general, and Lutris does the same but with a specific focus on Windows games?