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WinBoat adds support for Podman, UWP, app filtering and more (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/linux@programming.dev

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WinBoat is a popular way to run Windows apps on Linux in a containerized environment that sorts all the configuration for you and a new update sounds great.

An interesting alternative to using the likes of Wine / Proton, to have Windows directly on your device inside Linux with containers. It's all quite clever, especially useful for things that won't run well or at all with Wine. Luckily, I have no need for it but I can see the appeal, far less annoying than dual-booting just for a few select things.

Release v0.9.0 arrived November 23rd with a number of big new features, plus some security improvements and bug fixes.

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[–] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

UWP 💀

UWP is Microsoft's "new" app format, it's what the windows store and the xbox use.

It also isn't compatable with wine, and my pet theory is that this was the entire point of it. Combined with Windows S mode, which doesn't let you install apps other than from the windows store, the goal was to lock down the windows ecosystem by having apps that can't be made to run on linux.

I remember seeing a compatability layer for UWP apps a while ago, and I am pleased to see that it has come this far. Great work!

Edit: wait this uses a windows VM. Still good though and lets people escape the windows ecosystem.