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WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration" (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A VM in a container actually

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What will they thing of next? A container in a VM?

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

Actually that is how ChromeOS does the Linux environment. They run a container image in a small performant VM and passthrough the windows with some fancy Wayland tool.