Penguin takeover: We tried running some GUI Linux apps on Windows the official way – and nothing exploded

The Register ^ | 23 April 2021 | Tim Anderson

[dfwgator]

"And now the Penguin on top of your computer will explode!"

[ShadowAce]

[Red Badger]

[lee martell]

This article reminds me of something I’ve been meaning to do since year 2006; Go see the movie “Happy Feet”.
A movie full of singing, dancing Penquins!
The previews told me this might be a fun film to see.
I’ll see it one of these days.

[Pollard]

Yeah, I’ll stick with running Linux apps on Linux thanks.

Kubuntu 20.04 running great on my 7 year old ThinkPad W530

[fuzzylogic]

It’s a bit curious why Microsoft would want this. It’s also an admission that Linux desktop apps are appealing enough to run on Windows.

Thanks for posting.

[upchuck]

Win ping.

[upchuck]

To me this is upside down. Why take a great OS like Linux and force it to be run underneath Windows. What would be wrong with Windows running underneath Linux?

[taxcontrol]

Or better yet, Windows apps running natively on Linux (Visio, MS Project)

[Bratch]

[Chode]

[bak3r]

I don’t quite understand this. Usually IF I need windows, which is rare, I just remote into the Windows VM in Proxmox. If Windows crashes then it crashes why take the whole server node with it? I’m not sure why the other way around would be necessary when 99% of linux distros just work as is.

[MikelTackNailer]

Yup. Duel booting is preferable for computers with average or better CPUs as Linux has multiple configurations designed for low demands. Did one myself after reading people’s problems with that - just a matter of resetting the boot sequence. But I’m an idiot.

[Fai Mao]

My inner geek died about 10 years ago. So, excuse the stupid question. Is this Windows for Linux, or Linux for Windows?

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Like others have said I’ll stick to running linux apps on linux but at tge same time there are likely legitimate use cases where this would be a good thing.

[Openurmind]

Yep... Why go use another OS to run an OS that works better than the OS that is hosting it... lol

Dumbest thing I have ever heard of. “Let’s add a middle man!” WHY???

[Openurmind]

I’ll answer that... NOTHING. They are trying to steal it and claim it their own as proprietary. It has already been predicted that MS would try this if we let them try to integrate or support anything Linux period. Soon it will be “well from what I understand, you cannot use Linux unless you have windows to run it?”.

Watch, here it comes...

[Openurmind]

Windows trying to steal Linux...

[ex91B10]

Slackware user since about 2000 myself. Difficult but I learn a lot.