I’ve gotten over most of the problems that the latest Lutris version threw at us Scrivener users, but there’s one last thing, a holdover from before the upgrade: it’s slow as hell.
Can anyone tell me how to, or point me at resources where I can learn to, send more computational power into a programme running inside Lutris/Wine?
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Hardware: Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 2i, 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1145G7 × 8, 16.0 GiB
I’m finding that Scrivener takes forever to, for example, load a whole bunch of texts when I click on the topmost folder of my novel (around 70K words, as present), and also for things like moving files around in the binder.
Does anyone know a way to dedicate more processing power to Lutris/Wine so that that doesn’t happen?
I asked at the Lutris forums, and they said in essence: no, there’s no way to send more power into a “game” running under Wine. So this thread is “resolved.”
Excuse me reviving this – I actually logged in specifically to send you a message to ask whether your Scrivener took forever to launch. Mine takes minutes, but after that seems to go okay, thankfully. Relieved to know it’s not just me, but also frustrated on behalf of all fellow Linux users who are stuck enduring the slow load thing.
You might want to check out this little project. I haven’t been able to do i yet, but anyone can:
Thank you. I think I saw in another thread that it’s being built with Gemini, which I’d rather not support if at all possible. Lutris also now uses Gemini, I believe, so I’m in the rock & hard place dilemma. Big sigh.
Yeah, it’s frustrating. I have a lot of big feelings about that, too.
At this point, to avoid anything created with “AI” means avoiding just about everything, so… ugh.
Yeah, I’ve quit many programs – some of which I used daily – and deleted a bunch of accounts to avoid it so far. Bought a refillable fountain pen and some nice ink and am doing a lot more writing on paper these days. I’ll resist as long as I possibly can for the sake of human creators everywhere, the integrity of my brain, and the plight of the whole planet.
Fountain pens are great. I got myself cheap Lamy and the smallest wide nib. The letters look so swoopy.