China has ordered government offices to replace foreign-branded PCs and associated operating systems with alternatives that can be locally maintained. This includes dumping Windows in favor of Linux.
WINE is the best option for running Windows software without using Windows. I prefer not to use proprietary software though, and only do so when absolutely necessary, which is not very often outside of firmware blobs for device drivers. Luckily, I am a programmer, which means if something I want doesn’t exist, I just make it myself.
I think if u run wine then run it in a container, I don’t think it is totally containerized on its own.
Not much inhibiting Linux on the desktop other than institutional adoption but we are getting that now.
It’s not completely containerized, but different WINEPREFIXes cannot access each other, and it’s still affected by Linux file permissions, so you can just use a different user and make a new WINEPREFIX for every program, and that would have the same effect. Running in a container works too, but can be a bit annoying for some programs.
WINE is the best option for running Windows software without using Windows. I prefer not to use proprietary software though, and only do so when absolutely necessary, which is not very often outside of firmware blobs for device drivers. Luckily, I am a programmer, which means if something I want doesn’t exist, I just make it myself.
I think if u run wine then run it in a container, I don’t think it is totally containerized on its own. Not much inhibiting Linux on the desktop other than institutional adoption but we are getting that now.
It’s not completely containerized, but different WINEPREFIXes cannot access each other, and it’s still affected by Linux file permissions, so you can just use a different user and make a new WINEPREFIX for every program, and that would have the same effect. Running in a container works too, but can be a bit annoying for some programs.