Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10

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Post by aj_jaswanth » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 3:45 PM UTC

Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10
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Re: Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10

#2

Post by skruvmejsel » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 3:52 PM UTC

Great, so now one can (amongst other things) finally run Wine on Windows without resorting to a VM!

Re: Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10

#3

Post by rukittenme » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 3:54 PM UTC

Wow that's really cool. This is pretty close to native performance? This is a really great step for Linux on the desktop. Such an easy way to onboard people.

Re: Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10

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Post by stuaxo » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 4:01 PM UTC

skruvmejsel wrote: post #2

Great, so now one can (amongst other things) finally run Wine on Windows without resorting to a VM!

Yup, it used to be possible in Colinux too.

Re: Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10

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Post by skruvmejsel » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 4:04 PM UTC

stuaxo wrote: post #4

skruvmejsel wrote: post #2

Great, so now one can (amongst other things) finally run Wine on Windows without resorting to a VM!

Yup, it used to be possible in Colinux too.

Yes, but only on 32-bit Windows, right?

Re: Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10

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Post by curiousgal » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 4:04 PM UTC

skruvmejsel wrote: post #2

Great, so now one can (amongst other things) finally run Wine on Windows without resorting to a VM!

Huh? Why would you run Wine on Windows?

Re: Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10

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Post by sinkasapa » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 4:06 PM UTC

Windows 10 with Unity: you've got two problems now.

Re: Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10

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Post by skruvmejsel » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 4:07 PM UTC

curiousgal wrote: post #6

skruvmejsel wrote: post #2

Great, so now one can (amongst other things) finally run Wine on Windows without resorting to a VM!

Huh? Why would you run Wine on Windows?

To play older Windows games that for various reasons won't run on Windows 10, for example.

Re: Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10

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Post by justinsaccount » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 4:07 PM UTC

curiousgal wrote: post #6

skruvmejsel wrote: post #2

Great, so now one can (amongst other things) finally run Wine on Windows without resorting to a VM!

Huh? Why would you run Wine on Windows?

Probably for the same reason people run dosbox on windows, to run software that no longer runs on windows 10.

Re: Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10

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Post by unrealhoang » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 4:08 PM UTC

curiousgal wrote: post #6

skruvmejsel wrote: post #2

Great, so now one can (amongst other things) finally run Wine on Windows without resorting to a VM!

Huh? Why would you run Wine on Windows?

We need to go deeper.

To run bash on windows on ubuntu on windows.