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WSL goes brrr (feddit.org)

submitted 1 week ago by superkret to c/linuxsucks@lemmy.world

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[–] techwithjake@lemm.ee 61 points 1 week ago (7 children)

WINE isn't linux exclusive though. It works on MacOS and would pointless on Windows.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

install VMware on Windows
run virtual machine
install Linux in VM
install WINE
run Windows version of VMware
run virtual machine
install Linux in VM
install WINE
run Windows version of VMware ...

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Through a mirror, darkly.

[–] _____@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

this is one of those thoughts you have when you shake in bed trying to desperately awake from a nightmare

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Quick someone try and see how deep we can go. I don't wanna do it, no ambition.

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Does vmware still support binary emulation nowadays?

[–] superkret 13 points 1 week ago

WINE
Is
Not
Exclusive

[–] death_to_carrots 11 points 1 week ago

Actually, a long time ago – it was the good old Wine 0.9.8 time – I suggested that one could use Wine on Windows (WoW basically) to get an old application to run. Which worked.

The rational was that it worked on Linux with Wine, but no compat mode on Windows XP(?) was able to run this piece oft software.

It was a wilder time back then.

[–] homura1650@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Years ago, my employer had a timecard computer that people would remote desktop into to fill out there timecard every day, since the software wouldn't run on modern windows (I think we were up to windows 10 at the time. One day, the old the old server finally died. For a while we emailed our hours until we found a solution. That solution ended up being a Fedora VM running the payroll software under Wine.

[–] helloworld55@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Glad to see the creativity there, that's hilarious

[–] peppers_ghost@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think it'd be pointless on windows. I have better luck running 16 bit windows programs on wine than I do using modern windows.

[–] techwithjake@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Extremely niche but point taken.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

And the BSDs support it too, right?

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Isn't MacOS Linux?

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, but they are somewhat similar. macOS is based on freeBSD which is based on research unix.

Linux is not based on unix but it was written to resemble unix very closely and work similar to it. There’s a lot of intercompatibility but they have different heritages.

[–] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

*and NetBSD

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

No. MacOS has ties closer to BSD.