RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agoWinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"www.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down110
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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·6 days 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-squarebless@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoAnother problem would be the dependencies and initial configuration would not be present unless the software was built with portability in mind
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days 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.