So, can this be used as an alternative to Wine? Can I run games with it? And when/why should I use this instead of Wine?
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#22So, can this be used as an alternative to Wine? Can I run games with it? And when/why should I use this instead of Wine?
Yeah seconding this question, I’m very curious how this compares to wine
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#23So, can this be used as an alternative to Wine? Can I run games with it? And when/why should I use this instead of Wine?
Running games is currently WIP, but it's making a lot of progress. Compared to wine, this fully sandboxes the process. So no intended way for an attacker to escape and e.g. access files on your PC, if the game is vulnerable, compared to wine
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#24It'd be nice if it was possible to toggle the different log classes after the fact.
That's actually possible, there is verbose, regular, concise and very concise logging. Check the help of the analyzer.
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#25It is incredible! It is amazing that they implemented the Windows kernel yourself. It is also similar to gvisor in that it is a userspace kernel. I am curious about the process of making this.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
As usual, the repo ( https://github.com/momo5502/sogen ) should be the HN link. On first look of the linked talk/demo, the German guy behind the project seems of legit DRM-background expertise.
on their twitter, author shows it running Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and 3: https://xcancel.com/momo5502/status/2065872369407742398#m https://xcancel.com/momo5502/status/2066937863162192049#m
Being able to run any windows productivity app on any other OS would be a game changer ! Did you investigate this?
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
on their twitter, author shows it running Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and 3: https://xcancel.com/momo5502/status/2065872369407742398#m https://xcancel.com/momo5502/status/2066937863162192049#m
Being able to run any windows productivity app on any other OS would be a game changer ! Did you investigate this?
it requires 'the actual ntdll, kernel32 and user32,
not reimplemented stubs.
So it's unclear how would that work from a licensing PoV