WinBoat is a very interesting tool in development to run Windows apps on Linux in a full containerised environment and it just got even better.
  • starblursd@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    It’s a really cool concept and not even to version 1.0 yet. I’m excited to see where this goes even though I don’t have a use for it myself rn

  • Mechanite@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    I’ve been using it for a while. Probably at least a month, but I haven’t kept track.

    It works well enough that ever since installing I’ve had 0 reason to boot into Windows. I use Lightroom Classic and Jpegmini on it. It can be a little buggy sometimes but overall it works really well. It works well enough that I’m okay with sacrificing GPU acceleration in LR with the convenience Winboat provides

        • Sturgist@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Interesting 🤔
          I’ll have to give it a go. I have a Pioneer XDJ deck(digital turntable DJ thingy) and Pioneer refuses to make a Linux version of the mandatory software or support efforts to implement wine/proton/etc support. I got it running smoothly in bottles, but bottles/wine can only mount a USB drive as a harddrive not a USB drive. So while I can still play around with the decks, I’m locked out of the extended analysis stuff. So now waveforms, no auto-cue for vocals etc.

    • Contramuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      2 days ago

      Tried it. I definitely like Winboat for its ease if installation and its GUI. It’s much more accessible than Winapps (its primary competitor), but it’s still kinda buggy. Windows don’t always open as expected (delayed open or not at all). I’m sure it’ll get resolved in time, but for now, Winapps is still more reliable, despite being a significant pain in the ass to set up.

    • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      Works well, but a bit laggy, at least on lower-end hardware. Right now I’d only use it for stuff like a peripheral configurator or one of those apps you use once a month to convert a file or what have you

  • excursion22@piefed.caEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    The custom install path is a welcome change. I didn’t have a lot of space to put a complete windows install in /var when I’ve set up /home on a different partition (with most of my storage space). This lets me put that 32GB where I have the excess space.

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Even if the application doesn’t support it, you can just bind mount a directory on the storage drive into /var as the directory where it is trying to save and the application won’t even know.