RmDebArc_5 to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 month agoWinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"www.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down110 cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1386arrow-down1external-linkWinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"www.gamingonlinux.comRmDebArc_5 to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square105fedilink cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squarelime!linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 month agoyou can run windows software on a windows partition using wine, but it is extremely brittle, since you’re going from a case-insensitive windows file system as well.
minus-square@bless@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•1 month agoAnother problem would be the dependencies and initial configuration would not be present unless the software was built with portability in mind
minus-squarelime!linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoi was thinking maybe a hypothetical “global wine” could use the windows drive itself as its drive_c, which would bypass that issue.
you can run windows software on a windows partition using wine, but it is extremely brittle, since you’re going from a case-insensitive windows file system as well.
Another problem would be the dependencies and initial configuration would not be present unless the software was built with portability in mind
i was thinking maybe a hypothetical “global wine” could use the windows drive itself as its
drive_c
, which would bypass that issue.