I like the spirit, but this is a pretty hamfisted pun. Doesn’t Lainux make more sense?

I had to look up “Panopticon”… What a sick metaphor

Edit: I forgot to even mention, this explaination is for running windows apps on linux with steam (which is a native linux app available in essentially all repositories).

You can run most games (regardless of how you acquired them) directly in steam via proton.

If the app you want to run is a windows executable (.exe or .msi or whatever), you can add it as a “Non-Steam game” (even if it isn’t a game).

If you have trouble getting it started, try changing the compatibility layer in library -> game -> properties -> compatibility -> enable steam play compatibility tool -> choose some version of proton (like proton experimental)

Fair warning: Valve is currently chill about adding games to steam without proof of purchase, but they could change their minds someday.

Also, pro tip, if you really wanna get in the weeds with proton, I recommend proton-tricks. There are very few windows apps you can’t get running with proton and proton-tricks.

This was my first concern as well… Although I suppose you could do some test prints to collect values to change the simulation.

If I were printing something really big, I’d probably run a sim first even if it were inaccurate, just to see if there is an obvious problem.

I’m not sure this would help new people much though, since you’d have to be very familiar with your printer/printing to use a simulation anyway.