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On Wed, 6 May 2026 21:17:33 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D=E2=80=99Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> > I would think that'd be fairly obvious: to provide an equivalent
> > workalike to a native Windows install. =20
>=20
> Whereas if you use something like WINE, that implements enough of the
> Windows APIs to run the userland apps, which is surely all that most
> people would care about.

Whether or not that's true of *most,* the fact that a whole community
has been working on this for years clearly indicates that it's not true
for *all.*