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Re:Whisky is no longer actively maintained by Rohansi on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @10:06AM (#43632298)
Because Wine is a translation layer for Windows APIs into what the host operating system requires. Including translating DirectX into Vulkan/Metal.
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Re:Whisky is no longer actively maintained by actionfromafar on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @03:21PM (#43636530)
Yes, it's a bit of overhead, but todays software is already so full of layers upon layers. Every Electron app is much heavier than Wine.
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