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Now all we need is 'Windows subsystem for Linux' to run on wine, and we'll rip a hole in space time continuum.

netheril96 10y ago
Wine emulates Win32 API, while Windows subsystem for Linux is based on NT API, a level below Win32 API. So, no, that won't work.
- g00gler 10y ago
  Dang, OP forgot to put /s
  - DannyB2 10y ago
    The only thing sarcastic is the ripping a hole in space time continuum. Otherwise, it would be a tremendously amusing accomplishment if Wine could run the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Pointless, yes. But so is the 2048 game.
- mschuster91 10y ago
  Well, why isn't it possible to emulate just ntoskrnl, just like WSL does with the Linux kernel? Granted, it would require people to have a valid Windows license and install media (because you can't redistribute Windows binaries), but I don't see any major problem.
  - yokohummer7 10y ago
    Isn't the license concern pretty major though? IIRC even in the current form Wine at the early age had been quite controversial, due to legal concerns. They consciously prevented those who have knowledge of Windows internals from contributing to it just to make sure it's a clean room implementation.
    - mschuster91 10y ago
      IANAL, but doesn't OpenJDK basically do the same (implement documented API interfaces) with Sun's Java? And the Windows syscalls are IIRC also publically documented...
      - comex 10y ago
        OpenJDK was/is an official Sun (now Oracle) project. But others did reimplement Java without authorization, such as Apache Harmony, and, well, I think you need to look up Oracle v. Google.
  - shawnz 10y ago
    Some WSL components must run in supervisor mode, so a translation layer like Wine or WSL is not powerful enough to emulate it.
  - my123 10y ago
    There is flinux from wishstudio on Github for a fully-in-userspace layer that works in Windows 7, it's unmaintained now though
    - jesuslop 10y ago
      And there was also CoLinux, a linux kernel on top of windows, supersweet. http://www.colinux.org/ http://www.colinux.org/
      - jacobush 10y ago
        And there was LINE.
- anonbanker 10y ago
  > Wine emulations Win32 API What's the deal with this "wine64" command I have in /usr/bin, then?
ryao 10y ago
I think you mean getting Cygwin running in wine running in Cygwin.
- techman9 10y ago
  It's just turtles all the way down
realusername 10y ago
Maybe with ReactOS it could work?
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Wine emulates Win32 API, while Windows subsystem for Linux is based on NT API, a level below Win32 API. So, no, that won't work.

g00gler 10y ago
Dang, OP forgot to put /s
- DannyB2 10y ago
  The only thing sarcastic is the ripping a hole in space time continuum. Otherwise, it would be a tremendously amusing accomplishment if Wine could run the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Pointless, yes. But so is the 2048 game.
mschuster91 10y ago
Well, why isn't it possible to emulate just ntoskrnl, just like WSL does with the Linux kernel? Granted, it would require people to have a valid Windows license and install media (because you can't redistribute Windows binaries), but I don't see any major problem.
- yokohummer7 10y ago
  Isn't the license concern pretty major though? IIRC even in the current form Wine at the early age had been quite controversial, due to legal concerns. They consciously prevented those who have knowledge of Windows internals from contributing to it just to make sure it's a clean room implementation.
  - mschuster91 10y ago
    IANAL, but doesn't OpenJDK basically do the same (implement documented API interfaces) with Sun's Java? And the Windows syscalls are IIRC also publically documented...
    - comex 10y ago
      OpenJDK was/is an official Sun (now Oracle) project. But others did reimplement Java without authorization, such as Apache Harmony, and, well, I think you need to look up Oracle v. Google.
- shawnz 10y ago
  Some WSL components must run in supervisor mode, so a translation layer like Wine or WSL is not powerful enough to emulate it.
- my123 10y ago
  There is flinux from wishstudio on Github for a fully-in-userspace layer that works in Windows 7, it's unmaintained now though
  - jesuslop 10y ago
    And there was also CoLinux, a linux kernel on top of windows, supersweet. http://www.colinux.org/ http://www.colinux.org/
    - jacobush 10y ago
      And there was LINE.
anonbanker 10y ago
> Wine emulations Win32 API What's the deal with this "wine64" command I have in /usr/bin, then?

ryao 10y ago

I think you mean getting Cygwin running in wine running in Cygwin.

techman9 10y ago
It's just turtles all the way down

realusername 10y ago

Maybe with ReactOS it could work?

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