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I Still wish they did the opposite. I want to seamlessly run an occasional windows app in linux, and I would pay for it. There is literally zero chance of me s

I Still wish they did the opposite. I want to seamlessly run an occasional windows app in linux, and I would pay for it. There is literally zero chance of me switching back to windows for day to day usage. Edit: idobai, I can't reply because your account is banned, but last I tried Wine and Crossover do not work for the apps I am trying to use. Edit 2: cyloneyes, you're banned too. But "They" would be Microsoft. They are the only ones who could really do it.

idobai 10y ago
What's the problem with wine and crossover? Btw, you can pay for crossover to support its developers.
cyloneyes 10y ago
who are 'they' in this instance?
blablabla123 10y ago
I think the same. (Actually the title sounds like running Windows on Linux ;)) I'll be curious what happens - somehow I'm thinking they would be pretty stupid to do that. There is so much high end engineering and design software running on Windows only, they'd loose them all. On the other hand...does anyone need Windows except in the grey and boring high end/office section? As a matter of fact, people are moving away since some time, either to Linux, macOS ooooor iOS/Android (haha). I guess even by economical means removing that lock-in may make sense.
Mister_Snuggles 10y ago
> I want to seamlessly run an occasional windows app in linux, and I would pay for it. Please define "seamless" in this context. If you mean that you want to have the running Windows apps appear as window in your Linux environment, VirtualBox has a Seamless mode that will do that. I haven't tried it, but what I find with Google seems to say it works as expected. VMware Fusion (on the Mac) has a similar mode called Unity. The VMware one seems to work well enough, but I haven't tried it extensively. If you want to be able to open files in Windows applications from your Linux environment, I'm not sure if this is possible. VMware Fusion (on the Mac) has this - I can right-click on files in the Mac and see various Windows programs on the "Open With" list. I don't know if this feature exists on VMware for Linux, but it would be worth investigating. I'm not aware of an equivalent with VirtualBox. Combined, these two features would probably give you the closest thing to a seamless environment that you can get. If you just want to run Windows on Linux and are willing to put up with the friction of using a VM, VirtualBox does a decent job and makes it fairly painless.
- dec0dedab0de 10y ago
  I've used virtualbox, but it doesn't work with everything, especially when it comes to hardware. By "Seamless" I meant Binary compatibility, with all the libraries, fonts, etc necessary to have %100 compatibility. I know it's a pipe dream, I'm just saying it would be nice.

idobai 10y ago

What's the problem with wine and crossover? Btw, you can pay for crossover to support its developers.

cyloneyes 10y ago

who are 'they' in this instance?

blablabla123 10y ago

I think the same. (Actually the title sounds like running Windows on Linux ;)) I'll be curious what happens - somehow I'm thinking they would be pretty stupid to do that. There is so much high end engineering and design software running on Windows only, they'd loose them all. On the other hand...does anyone need Windows except in the grey and boring high end/office section? As a matter of fact, people are moving away since some time, either to Linux, macOS ooooor iOS/Android (haha). I guess even by economical means removing that lock-in may make sense.

Mister_Snuggles 10y ago

> I want to seamlessly run an occasional windows app in linux, and I would pay for it. Please define "seamless" in this context. If you mean that you want to have the running Windows apps appear as window in your Linux environment, VirtualBox has a Seamless mode that will do that. I haven't tried it, but what I find with Google seems to say it works as expected. VMware Fusion (on the Mac) has a similar mode called Unity. The VMware one seems to work well enough, but I haven't tried it extensively. If you want to be able to open files in Windows applications from your Linux environment, I'm not sure if this is possible. VMware Fusion (on the Mac) has this - I can right-click on files in the Mac and see various Windows programs on the "Open With" list. I don't know if this feature exists on VMware for Linux, but it would be worth investigating. I'm not aware of an equivalent with VirtualBox. Combined, these two features would probably give you the closest thing to a seamless environment that you can get. If you just want to run Windows on Linux and are willing to put up with the friction of using a VM, VirtualBox does a decent job and makes it fairly painless.

dec0dedab0de 10y ago
I've used virtualbox, but it doesn't work with everything, especially when it comes to hardware. By "Seamless" I meant Binary compatibility, with all the libraries, fonts, etc necessary to have %100 compatibility. I know it's a pipe dream, I'm just saying it would be nice.