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Is there RemoteApp ability in any of the linux RDP clients? If so, there's the option of running Windows in a VM on your Linux machine, and having seamless Win
by mattowen_uk 5y ago
Is there RemoteApp ability in any of the linux RDP clients?
If so, there's the option of running Windows in a VM on your Linux machine, and having seamless Windows apps on your Linux desktop.
It's a bit like what MS are going to offer with their WSL, but in reverse. I've never tried it, but it might work, and give people the best of both worlds.
- tomxor 5y agoWSL is not really virtualised, it's a linux kernel translation layer for linux userland (which is why it's not actually letting you use linux at all, it's allowing you to run GNU and some linux programs). What I mean is the reverse, running win programs on Linux without virtualisation, like WINE, but official win libs. Imagine MS porting the _official_ windows libs to linux and FOSSing them so we don't have to play WINE roulette and get some official compatibility. It's not inconceivable, MS already realises their future is in SaaS, not desktop OS, this is an opportunity for them to finally throw in the towel and focus on their future. ... but it's probably not gona happen, they can easily keep eating the cost of windows and keep it as leverage just in-case, user experience be damned.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoWhat you're saying about WSL was true of WSL 1, but WSL 2 is a virtualized Linux kernel.
- tomxor 5y agoAh, thanks, I did not realise that.
- imhoguy 5y agoAs you wish https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps https://github.com/Fmstrat/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."
- mattowen_uk 5y agoAha! That's exactly what I'm talking about. Thanks!