How about GPU acceleration, for e.g. Affinity?
Works on wine via vulcan/opencl
WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
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Re: WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
#42I see it's time for the bimonthly reinvention of VirtualBox and VMWare's seamless modes from a few faceless techies on GitHub and designed for people who can't be bothered to use WINE or VirtualBox.
As someone who is looking to go Linux, do most windows apps work now through Wine or VirtualBox ? I know Valve did a lot of work for games. It’s been 4 years since I even took a good look at it.
Just anecdata, but the few things I use via Wine have all worked fine. I use yabridge so I can use windows VSTs in my Linux DAW.
Games (if they don't use kernel level anti cheat systems) are all flawless with Proton.
But, I honestly don't have a need to use much other windows only software. Almost everything I need to use has Linux versions, or alternatives that fit my needs.
Re: WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
#43So essentially the WSL in reverse?
I'm kind of surprised you can "run Windows" in a Docker container at all. Isn't the fundamental restriction of Docker that all containers share the same (linux) kernel? Is there a way for docker to inject a "translation layer" somehow that makes it look like an NT kernel for the Windows processes?
Re: WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
#44Does this even work?
podman run mcr.microsoft.com/windows:ltsc2019
Trying to pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows:ltsc2019...
Error: choosing an image from manifest list docker://mcr.microsoft.com/windows:ltsc2019: no image found in manifest list for architecture amd64, variant "", OS linux
Re: WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
#45Well it will work nicely if you have a decently modern setup I guess. But I suspect the experience on a 10+ yo laptop would not be that great.
Re: WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most laptops have included Windows 10 or 11 licenses, which are valid for this use
Last time i checked a Windows 10 and 11 license does not permit running Windows in a virtualized environment. That could have changed by now.
Last time I checked I did not agree to be bombarded with ads and have all my data tracked after paying 100+ for a piece of software...
Re: WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
#47> Icon in the Public Domain. You can't re-create an icon to circumvent trademark law. Using icon to refer to an application is fair use. I am not sure what's the point of having a public domain icon.
Who's re-creating an icon? I can only see links to images from Wikipedia
Re: WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
#48I see it's time for the bimonthly reinvention of VirtualBox and VMWare's seamless modes from a few faceless techies on GitHub and designed for people who can't be bothered to use WINE or VirtualBox.
Except these seamless modes have been broken for many years. Also using a containerized Windows means one doesn't have to fiddle with the insane Windows 11 setup process and TPM issues.
What is containerized Windows?
Re: WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
#49I would be looking for a solution to run Minecraft official launcher in Linux. It is heavily integrated with Windows extras such as the Microsoft Store. This is the last holdout to get my children on Linux.
What is missing from the unofficial Bedrock launcher?
Re: WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Last time i checked a Windows 10 and 11 license does not permit running Windows in a virtualized environment. That could have changed by now.
Last time I checked I did not agree to be bombarded with ads and have all my data tracked after paying 100+ for a piece of software...
You kinda did...
> By accepting this agreement and using the software you agree that Microsoft may collect, use, and disclose the information as described in the Microsoft Privacy Statement [...]
Doesn't make it okay, just legal
https://www.microsoft.com/content/dam/microsoft/usetm/docume...