Convert Linux to Windows

Posted by pbohun 3/29/2025

Convert Linux to Windows(philipbohun.com)

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DrNosferatu 4/3/2025|

A major problem is that Microsoft fundamentally torpedoed Wine by blocking MsOffice compatibility with Wine for quite a while now.

(ie.: only fairly old versions of MsOffice work on Wine)

DeathArrow 3/30/2025||

Every year or two I check the status of ReactOS hoping that some day I will have a good alternative to Windows. After checking the project status today, it seems that day is still far off.

DeathArrow 3/30/2025||

Is there a Wine like library that helps running macOS apps on Linux?

Cu3PO42 3/30/2025||

It's called Darling [0], but is not nearly as far along as Wine is.

[0] https://www.darlinghq.org/

xyproto 3/30/2025||

yes, whisky

https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky

mdaniel 3/30/2025||

> A modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI

I think you misunderstood GP's request of "running macOS apps on Linux" so you swapped the host and guest OS, and then transposed the guest OS under "emulation"

xyproto 3/31/2025||

Dang, you're right, I was a bit quick there and misread. Sorry about that.

0xDEAFBEAD 3/30/2025||

How about packaging Linux apps as Windows apps so they can take advantage of the stability of the Win32 ABI? Is there a way to do this automatically, possibly using AI?

darkwater 3/30/2025||

Everybody is commenting on possible implementations or how similar solutions already exist. I would like to focus on an overlooked but very important fact: most of the important software in the Linux ecosystem is opensource. Yeah, the ELF binary from 20 or 25 years ago might not run anymore out of the box but you have the source code, access to the whole history of source code of needed libraries. It will for sure not be a 0-effort adventure and it will not work with proprietary and closed source software, but it's doable for most of Linux old abandoned software.

avodonosov 3/30/2025||

"The Looming Future" chapter of the article. I didn't know all those hortiboe things are planned.

pjmlp 3/30/2025||

Adopt GNU/Windows, problem solved.

neiesc 3/30/2025||

I sugest https://archcraft.io

throwaway48476 3/30/2025||

Virtualization works far better than wine. Just copy the window frame buffer to the linux host.

mdaniel 3/30/2025|

As someone stuck in macOS trying to run docker, I can tell you that the impedance mismatch between a what a "file" is, and its "location", and the meaning of "listen on localhost", and how much "memory" an application has makes virtualization absolutely horrible for trying to run just one program on a different OS (or arch) than the rest of your day to day

jabedude 3/30/2025|

> MacOS has a feature called Gatekeeper, which limits what software you can run on your Mac to only those applications that Apple approves

This is a lie. Gatekeeper in no way limits the software you can run. It presents an easier experience to launch software downloaded from a browser if the developer chose to submit it to apple for a malware scan.

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