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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] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

why are you here?

I admit that part confused me too so I checked OP history and found "When MS makes a spam-free, ad-free, telemtry-free, account-free, lightweight version of Windows, I’ll be first in line to buy a license." in https://lemmy.ml/comment/8613421

So I assume OP doesn't care for actual free or open-source software, rather they care first convenience and privacy. Maybe that's where the clashes come from.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

That makes sense to me. Further down in the comments they were talking about how they wanted to run Adobe Premiere and Fusion 360 in WINE, so I already felt like open source wasn't their reason for choosing Linux, but of course it doesn't have to be, there are many other benefits. They expressed in a comment to me that the only reason that they're using Linux is that they dislike Microsoft and Apple more.