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can some one ELI5… is this a way for me to run windows stuff using linux? OR is this for linux stuff to run in windows?

I really want an easier way to run windows stuff in linux, my hatred grows with every notification, update, attempt to advertise to me, and interference in my workspace. but trialing mint is great but the ultimate test is failing with a few programs not really playing nice with linux.

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Aux@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It’s to run Linux stuff on Windows.

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- driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It should be called ENIW.
  
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  - ziggurat@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Emulator not is windows?
    
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fum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
This is for running Linux programs on Windows. ELI5: some programs are made to run on windows, and some programs are made to run on Linux. Microsoft made a thing for windows that makes it able to run programs that were supposed to run on Linux. That thing is called Windows Subsystem for Linux.

What windows programs do you have that are not working well on Linux? There are various tools to run windows programs on Linux, and some work better than others for specific programs. I have had good luck with bottles recently, you might try that if you have not already. Other options I’ve used with great success in the past: ploy on Linux, Lutris, and wine directly. They all us wine at some level, but have tried and tested configuration for various programs to run well, and help with the installation and management of different wine versions. Depending on your windows programs, one option might be to run windows in a VM on Linux, to run those few programs. Another benefit of this way is that your Linux system is somewhat isolated from your windows programs. This can help with privacy and security.

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ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
What programs you struggling with on Linux?

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- FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’d say any of the multitude of programs that don’t work on linux.
  
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  - ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yeah cool but what? Have they been reported to wine or whoever would be able to fix it?
    
    I’ve moved my whole operating environment to Linux and have had to use Windows for one single application in the last four to five years. It was a firmware update tool for non-computer related equipment.
    
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