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GitHub - winapps-org/winapps: Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. (github.com)
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago

I’m gonna test this immediately. Lightroom is one of the only things keeping me from switching fully. Though it seems like it would be easier to accomplish a lot of this by emulating a native Mac system just due to the closeness in philosophy, but I’m no OS dev.

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    @cm0002 very interesting. Although I use the Foss alternatives, this could be the next step to get people over to Linux.

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    We should put all this work into rewriting them

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    WinApps works by: Running Windows in a Docker, Podman or libvirt virtual machine.

    This seems like an okay solution, but my questions are:

    • How much overhead does this add? (Excel and Adobe products can be pretty heavy)
    • How much latency does it add? (Will things have good responsiveness, or will it behave like an app through RDP?)
    • How good is the hardware passthrough? (Editing video benefits greatly from GPU acceleration, Teams can be tricky about USB mics and cameras)
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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Does the Solidworks installer know if you do this?

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