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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Is it possible to create an OS that simply automatically runs .exe files through WINE/Proton/Bottles? (feddit.nl)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I really enjoy Linux but I find myself having to keep Windows partitions around for software that specifically requires Windows.

Proton makes everything easier by automatically running game files through a translation layer, and it "just works" quite well most of the time.

Also VanillaOS can apparently auto-spin a container when you try to open a .deb or AUR package (this is my rudimentary understanding).

Setting up WINE/Bottles, etc. is above my pay grade.

Is it not possible to create an OS that just does the same thing as Steam but for the entire OS?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Wubuntu? https://wubuntu.org/

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I feel like there is a scary amount of copyright infringement going on to make it look THAT much like Windows 11.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

IDK about copyright, but the amount of times they refer to themselves as "Windows Ubuntu" feels like it's probably trademark infringement. A reasonable person could easily read this website and mistake it for an official MS product.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

damn! that is quite the impressive windows veneer going on there. did not know about this distro (and I find the win 10/11 UI to be a whole lotta "meh", so not personally interested), but I am sure there are others who would be. interesting link to throw, hand grenade style, into a distro flame war.