Would it work to install the program using bottles/wine and then run it using proton in steam by adding the executable as a non-steam game?

I've done that with a few software, just not any cad programes

I have linux at work. Colleagues use windows. They always tell me to change back to windows when I en ounter problem. I won't install spyware.

But then again, we all have anonymous usernames, which can be different over several account.... if you care about privacy that much.

I don't mind if cellar dwellers knows my username or e-mail, I get so much spam either way. Oh, and regarding upvoting/downvoting, it's only a bad thing if the admins actually would care and then start to sell user information like any other big corporation does.