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I am hopeful SteamOS will bring us something very similar.
Doesn't static compilation solve quite a few of the problems states here?
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That exists, it’s called SteamOS.
And if memory serves one of the important features of Proton is to control how each app is configured individually, precisely to let you do needed tweaks at a local level.
Sure, but for how much longer will Microsoft allow this unsigned ancient binary?
Using Linux for runing Windows programs is going to be desperately needed as Microsoft enshittifies Windows going forward.
He is missing the point. Flatpak/Snap are not just an alternative way to ship binaries. They are way to isolate applications and what they can do. Landscape has moved from protecting the system or an user from another to protect the same user applications and their data from each other, specially for desktop environments. That is not even in the map for Windows, its security model and its applications. It is a big ju…
A change in security model from the 1970s/1980s might help with security and isolation. However that same security would also generally be a pain without really smooth management in the desktop environment / shell.
What's up with all this "My 20 year old software still works!!!". Who actually runs unmaintained abandonware? I would rather prefer OS devs not wasting time maintaining legacy cruft and evolve with the times.
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Flatpak could work better because it already knows how to factor out common parts, so it could bring in only one (or just few) version of Wine.
Unfortunately Flathub (the biggest Flatpak repository) doesn't allow Windows apps, despite it working on a technical level
> Windows application submissions that are using Wine or any submissions that aren't native to Linux desktop and is using some emulation or translation layer will only be accepted if they are submitted officially by upstream with the intention of maintaining it in official capacity.
Although, I am curious why; they don't seem to have a general problem with unofficial packages, so I'm not sure why a translation layer makes any difference. It doesn't seem different than happening to use any other runtime (ex. nothing is said about Java or .net).
What's up with all this "My 20 year old software still works!!!". Who actually runs unmaintained abandonware? I would rather prefer OS devs not wasting time maintaining legacy cruft and evolve with the times.
Is this sarcasm? Some of my favorite games are 20 years old. Windows is popular in a lot of manufacturing spaces because the equipment software doesn't get updated and only connects to old programs over 16 bit serial ports. There's a whole world out there of legacy software that is happily churning along, and doesn't need to be updated.