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Re:Microsoft is working on an Android subsystem for Windows 10 by syshum on Sunday November 29, 2020 @12:24PM (#25246490)
What would be ideal for linux would be for KVM/QEMU to come up with "seamless" mode where your running windows app in a VM but it appears as any other app on the system not as a VM
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Re:Microsoft is working on an Android subsystem for Windows 10 by chabad360 on Sunday November 29, 2020 @12:47PM (#25246644)
That exists, have a look at https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
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Re:Microsoft is working on an Android subsystem for Windows 10 by ubercow13 on Sunday November 29, 2020 @01:32PM (#25246928)
This is nothing new, it's just using RDP with a bit of extra integration with the desktop. I think freeRDP has supported this single-app mode for ages, but you won't get good performance for anything using the GPU.
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Re:Microsoft is working on an Android subsystem for Windows 10 by jayd16 on Sunday November 29, 2020 @12:45PM (#25246629)
You want a foss Parallels. I don't know if you've used WSL but its not there yet.
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