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Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux by cheph on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:54AM (#24753890)
I think the point of wine is to have a Windows "runtime" that is open source and works on linux.

But I would gladly pay Microsoft to have a wine like thing that supports a broader range of software better, because I prefer Linux to Windows.

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Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux by giancarlostoro on Monday October 12, 2020 @09:00AM (#24753931)
I dont mind Windows but being able to simply run Windows apps in a consistent way on Linux would really make my life much easier. The only downside would be the driver situation still sucks on Linux depending on GPU or other peripheral hardware but thats another fight for another day. Hell even being able to run the official Office binary on Linux would be great, course its been a rumor that might happen but theres plenty of software targetting Win32 that is useful.
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