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...by emulating WinAPI
by metalliqaz 11mo ago
...by emulating WinAPI
- flohofwoe 11mo agoAnd nothing wrong with that, the classic Win32 API is actually quite decent, especially the small subset needed for games. And it has the incredible advantage that it doesn't change since Microsoft doesn't care about Windows anymore ;)
- Rohansi 11mo agoThat's not why it doesn't change.
- sph 11mo agoHeh, who cares. I can play games and my OS doesn’t spy on me.
- npteljes 11mo agoThe funny thing would be for Wine to then extend the WinAPI, and software beginning to use that extension.
- osn9363739 11mo agoI thought it was a translation layer? Not emulation right?
- SchemaLoad 11mo agoThe original comment by Linus was that Valve would not accept the current state of things where to distribute a program on Linux you need to create a different package for every single distro. Which is true, Steam with Proton has pushed a single stable platform where you can publish a single build and it works everywhere. In desktop mode of SteamOS everything is installed through Flatpak.
- PeaceTed 11mo agoSometimes you have to walk with the devil to do good deeds.
- happosai 11mo agoThere is always Android ABI but kernel developers still think android is a calamity rather than biggest Linux success story ever...
- petepete 11mo agoBy _embracing_ the WinAPI!