I love EVE Online, but “multiboxing” was tricky for me in Linux. I like using the CLI for everything I can, but get completely swamped still when dealing with cocktails like Lutris, WINE prefixes, and dependencies.
So I was super interested when I stumbled upon Bottles - it seemed to solve a lot of my issues. Then, I realized GNOME’s workspaces basically did the same thing as the old Windows program I used… and that was all she wrote. It worked perfectly for me, why overthink it?
I recorded my newbie solution to (hopefully) convince other players to switch. Do you have any advice or corrections for me? Did I make a cardinal sin? Is this the dumbest thing you’ve ever seen? Hit me with your honest takes. <3
For context, “multiboxing” is running multiple clients at once, and usually stacking them on a single monitor and rapidly flicking through them with a program like EVE-O Preview to activate commands with the mouse in short order. It is allowed in EVE, it is not against the TOS. Some people multibox with tiled windows, or one per monitor, though, because they prefer it for various reasons.
Sounds like a lot of
fun!work! Glad you’re having fun with it though.