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Re: Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native windows

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Post by satvikpendem » Fri, May 01, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC

happymellon wrote: post #50

satvikpendem wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes WSL2 as WSL 1 was just an implementation of Linux utilities. WSL 2 is a subsystem on Windows for Linux, it's poorly named but makes sense if you take it as Windows' subsystem for Linux.

> makes sense if you take it as Windows' subsystem for Linux. But WSL2 is a VM, not just an implementation of Linux utilities

In Hyper-V, Windows also runs as a VM next to Linux. So I guess technically both are subsystems of Hyper-V.

Re: Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native windows

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Post by nbiznich » Fri, May 01, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC

Will Solidworks work on Linux now?

Re: Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native windows

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Post by kernalix7 » Sun, May 03, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

nbiznich wrote: post #52

Will Solidworks work on Linux now?

maybe it runs, but gpu hardware accel doesn't support now.

Re: Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native windows

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Post by kernalix7 » Wed, May 13, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC

d3Xt3r wrote: post #2

WinApps doesn't use a Docker backend btw, you can use any Windows machine running anywhere - cloud, physical, container etc. All you need is the IP address of the box once it's set up. This looks great though. +1 choosing Qt instead of Electron. -1 for Python though. Otherwise, your approach ticks most of my boxes. One feature I'd like to see though is reverse file associations - basically associate Linux filetypes i…

Now it supports reverse-open