You guys hear anything about how well this works, or not?
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/in ... ot-easier/
Winepak: installing Windows apps on Linux
Re: Winepak: installing Windows apps on Linux
I hope it won't be hundreds of MB for a simple text editor like Flatpaks are.
Re: Winepak: installing Windows apps on Linux
From what I've taken from the article this seems to pack a complete .wine install with the app in question into a flatpak. Yuck.
Nothing against wine though... I have to say that I am amazed as to how well most of the Windows applications I've tested work. I was tempted to go with VirtualBox and a Windows VM but so far I've either found a Linux replacement or the app in questions run well enough under wine. And it's quite efficient apart from the initial startup. Which may well turn out to be a problem for winepaks if every pak carries its own .wine/ directory because then these can't be cached.
Nothing against wine though... I have to say that I am amazed as to how well most of the Windows applications I've tested work. I was tempted to go with VirtualBox and a Windows VM but so far I've either found a Linux replacement or the app in questions run well enough under wine. And it's quite efficient apart from the initial startup. Which may well turn out to be a problem for winepaks if every pak carries its own .wine/ directory because then these can't be cached.
Frugal installs on Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Ryzen 5 4650U/24GB * HP Pavilion Ryzen 3 3300U/16GB * Toshiba R950 i5-3340M/12GB
I have a reservation... What do you mean it's not in the COMPUTER!
I have a reservation... What do you mean it's not in the COMPUTER!