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WSL2 is a VM. If you want excellent Windows compat, run Windows in a VM. If you merely need application not using very Windows specific feature, or if you need
by temac 6y ago
WSL2 is a VM. If you want excellent Windows compat, run Windows in a VM. If you merely need application not using very Windows specific feature, or if you need game compat, run something like Wine. Is there a need for yet another reimplementation of (necessarily a subset of) Windows API? Doubtful.
- syshum 6y agoWhat 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
- jayd16 6y agoYou want a foss Parallels. I don't know if you've used WSL but its not there yet.
- chabad360 6y agoThat exists, have a look at https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
- ubercow13 6y agoThis 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.