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4w ago

WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"

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WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"

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4w ago

WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"

www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/09/winboat-is-a-new-linux-app-to-run-windows-apps-with-seamless-integration/

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4w ago

WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"

www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/09/winboat-is-a-new-linux-app-to-run-windows-apps-with-seamless-integration/

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4w ago

WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"

www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/09/winboat-is-a-new-linux-app-to-run-windows-apps-with-seamless-integration/

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it runs a real copy of Windows using Docker and KVM under the hood
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- Docker AND KVM
  Wtf
  
  Containerise your Virtual Machines!
  Or... Virtual Machinerise your Containers?
- Yeah, if I wanted a VM, I'd be running a VM...
If this is just winapps with a different coat of paint then it’s still not gonna work for me. I haven’t managed to get several apps requiring a gpu running through WinApps properly.
Meshmixer
RealityCapture/RealityScan
And posting about them in the forums and discord has gotten me no help.
- So I assume solidworks ain't gonna work on this.
  
  If anyone gets updates on Solidworks on Linux, get back to us. One of my managers is so upset about having to use Windows.
How about just using virtualbox.. Or maybe wine and stuff
- Virtualbox is VMs. This is containers.
  Containers are better, especially for a desktop: they are smaller, faster in every sense, and don't permanently hog a fixed part of the resources, instead scaling dynamically, just like any other process on the host.
  
  A VM in a container actually
  
  Nowadays you can also assign a dynamic amount of memory. I've only ever used this with Linux VMs on Proxmox though, but I'm pretty sure it works with Windows as well
Has anyone tried this on bazzite? Mind sharing if it works? Are there any steps necessary to make it work?
- It requires rootful Docker, KVM, and AppImage (FUSE2). As long as those requirements are met, it should work. Should be as simple as using ujust or rpm-ostree to install the necessary packages.
I guess this looks like WSL on Windows, except the other way around?
Looks like Parallels for MacOS? I'll have to give it a go.

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