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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/R3VoLuTi0N on 2024-07-27 12:39:20+00:00.

I have a few questions about working of wine, I never quite understood about prefixes. Here are the questions, I will be very thankful to whoever can explain.

1. What are wine prefixes ?
2. Why create a new prefix for every game separately ?
3. Will these new prefix take up space in my hard drive ?
4. How do I clean up not unused prefix ? Where to find and delete them.
5. Why are two separate GUI tools for proton and wine prefix handling i.e proton tricks, wine tricks.
6. I have a install C++ redist separately for each new game using wine tricks. Is there a way I have a single prefix where all required libs are installed. Will there be a downside to this ?
7. How do I make steam use a single prefix for all games ?

I am sorry for too many questions, I will really appreciate if someone could find time to answer these questions.