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[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 50 points 1 year ago

Honestly I'd love for more Linux-only apps to be available on Windows, so, when I'm forced to use it, I can still get the same awesome libre apps I'm enjoying on Linux.
Despite that, I still haven't had the balls to open a single issue anywhere to support Windows 👀

[-] RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 year ago
[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

Real winners download the source code and compile it from scratch to flex on proprietary software users

[-] dansity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

I install windows from command line only

Reject modernity; Return to MS-DOS

[-] Discover5164@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

it requires admin permissions... and on the only place where i'm forced to use windows i don't have those

[-] snowadv@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Rdp server is the way then. xrdp for example

[-] PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Probably shouldn't have access to that either if your IT department is doing a good job.

[-] OrderedChaos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Are there any simple instructions. I swear everything is seen just goes over my head.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

WSL is really easy to setup by now. In the beginning it was really terrible.

Now all you need to do (if you are fine with Ubuntu) is open CMD with admin rights and input wsl --install.

If you want another distro, it's wsl -l -o to check the available distros and wsl --install -d to install it.

More documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

[-] OrderedChaos@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks. I'll check it out.

[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 2 points 1 year ago

True, but it doesn't work for some apps in my experience

[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Idk, mb some system-ish stuff? Otherwise it should work ~fine since wsl[2] is just a VM and not like a piece of art like wine

[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago

I'll try again some time to check, but last time I had trouble with some apps installed on openSUSE WSL, like some theming issues and some apps not opening (probably relying on system components as you say)

[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

There’s probably some random config file on a forum post 18 years old where half the images don’t load cause the hosting service they used for image went down

[-] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd rather die.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 year ago

Give me ls on the cmd for fuck sake.

[-] EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Works well on windows 10+ in powershell

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

as long as you don't try to pass it any flags, that is. M$ defined ls etc. as straight aliases to the equivalent PowerShell commands that have their own flag system, so if you ls -l it will puke

[-] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Huh? Libre is available on Windows.

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

libre as in free (speech)

[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago

Libre what? If you were thinking LibreOffice, I wasn't referring to that

[-] art@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Can't think of any applications that I use in Linux that aren't available on Windows.

[-] RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

A lot of terminal apps tend to skip windows, ungoogled chromium doesn’t have a official windows release

[-] Chobbes@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

A lot of open source projects do have windows versions, and the big projects that come to mind like blender or Firefox definitely do… but there’s a a lot of little pieces of software that don’t. One example that comes to mind for me is the Dino XMPP client… Linux only for now, unfortunately!

[-] art@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Interesting. Are you able to install through WSL?

[-] Chobbes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I have no idea as I’ve never been a windows user, haha. Dino is one of the examples I know about though, because I know I can’t recommend it to windows users.

[-] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago

WSL is Windows Subsystem for Linux. It allows you to use Linux from within Linux. Though there's probably some major thing I'm missing which makes it fundamentally different from just running a VM.

[-] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago

Emacs is a rough experience for one.

A lot of ML stuff does not, e.g. Microsoft DeepSpeed.

Lots and lots of CLI programs as well.

[-] Fuzzypyro@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Guitarix was one of those for me. I know there are better virtual amps on windows but I quite enjoyed guitarix for its open and free nature. Plus audio routing on windows is a nightmare.

[-] art@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Guitarx is rad. Had no idea it didn't work in Windows.

[-] Fuzzypyro@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, last time I checked it suggested you just use a live install if you wanted to use it lol. I don't think it even works in macos despite macos having Macports, quartzx11 and jackctl support.

[-] mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Sayonara music player

Best local music player in my opinion 🎶

[-] max@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago

Well, they can compile, usually it's under MIT, AGPL etc

[-] shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Windows users have never heard that word before. Compile? Whats that? An app?

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

There was a time when the Freezer devs didn't make a windows version of some updates, and their solution was to use it via WSL. So I never used it again.

[-] atyaz@reddthat.com 11 points 1 year ago

It’s not their responsibility to make a proprietary shithole os easier to use

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I do not understand the meme. Do you mean complaining about absent system requirements?

[-] WaLLy3K@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago

Windows users complaining that a Linux (or at a stretch, even Mac) app doesn't have a Windows version.

[-] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I remember having issues with Wireshark on Windows since it doesn't include a lot of libs that it can use to monitor traffic. Does that count on the list?

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

People telling you "I would like to use a Mac so much but I need Windows". Well fuck you Tiffany I dont care

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