Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-29 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Thu, Oct 27 2022 at 02:11:46 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > Suman Garai wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & >> games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even >> softwares like Wine & PlayOnLinux sometimes falters on sup

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
> latest ones. Therefore, I wanted to know why isn't Debian putting efforts > to build something like Windows Subsystem for Linux or Windows Subsystem I think the usual answer is to run Windows in KVM for that. It's a well understood a technically well defined solution to the problem. I understan

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:54:16 +0200 didier gaumet wrote: > Dan's answer is spot on but I supposed Suman would appreciate more > details :-) > > From my point of view: Let me add to this. Microsoft has an OS, Windows. It also has several application programs, of which Microsoft's Internet Expl

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, Dan's answer is spot on but I supposed Suman would appreciate more details :-) From my point of view: - Microsoft is a company with a considerable amount of money and a sizeable human workforce. And it took them years to propose Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Windows Sybsyst

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Dan Ritter
Suman Garai wrote: > Hello, > > I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & > games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even > softwares like Wine & PlayOnLinux sometimes falters on supporting the > latest ones. Therefore, I wanted to know why isn

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 10/27/2022 01:41 PM, Suman Garai wrote: Hello, I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even softwares like Wine & PlayOnLinux sometimes falters on supporting the latest ones. Therefore, I wanted

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 11:11:31PM +0530, Suman Garai wrote: > Hello, > > I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & > games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even > softwares like Wine & PlayOnLinux sometimes falters on supporting the > latest

Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Suman Garai
Hello, I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even softwares like Wine & PlayOnLinux sometimes falters on supporting the latest ones. Therefore, I wanted to know why isn't Debian putting efforts to bui