RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoWinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"www.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
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minus-squareanamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months ago Instead of running compatibility layers, it runs a real copy of Windows using Docker and KVM under the hood. I take it that it requires a Windows license then, I’ll stick with wine.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI’ll just get a license from the gettin’ place like I always have.
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI’m assuming it’s using the dockur/windows image* the same as WinApps, which seems to be pre-registered ime.
minus-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI’d imagine a pirate’s license will work too.
minus-squareanamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoTrue, they did call it a boat after all.
minus-squareFuckwit McBumCrumble@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYou can always just not activate windows. Nothing is stopping you from using it that way.
minus-squareaksdb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoUnless you somehow use it commercially. Then the missing license could cause legal issues.
minus-squareFuckwit McBumCrumble@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoSure, but if your company is at that point then the $200 is a drop in the bucket. You’ve gotta be a pretty big company before MS notices.
I take it that it requires a Windows license then, I’ll stick with wine.
I’ll just get a license from the gettin’ place like I always have.
I’m assuming it’s using the dockur/windows image* the same as WinApps, which seems to be pre-registered ime.
I’d imagine a pirate’s license will work too.
True, they did call it a boat after all.
You can always just not activate windows. Nothing is stopping you from using it that way.
Unless you somehow use it commercially. Then the missing license could cause legal issues.
Sure, but if your company is at that point then the $200 is a drop in the bucket. You’ve gotta be a pretty big company before MS notices.