Is it possible to create an OS that simply automatically runs .exe files through WINE/Proton/Bottles? - eviltoast

I really enjoy Linux but I find myself having to keep Windows partitions around for software that specifically requires Windows.

Proton makes everything easier by automatically running game files through a translation layer, and it “just works” quite well most of the time.

Also VanillaOS can apparently auto-spin a container when you try to open a .deb or AUR package (this is my rudimentary understanding).

Setting up WINE/Bottles, etc. is above my pay grade.

Is it not possible to create an OS that just does the same thing as Steam but for the entire OS?

    • Peffse@lemmy.world
      10·
      9 months ago

      I feel like there is a scary amount of copyright infringement going on to make it look THAT much like Windows 11.

      • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
        8·
        9 months ago

        IDK about copyright, but the amount of times they refer to themselves as “Windows Ubuntu” feels like it’s probably trademark infringement. A reasonable person could easily read this website and mistake it for an official MS product.

      • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        damn! that is quite the impressive windows veneer going on there. did not know about this distro (and I find the win 10/11 UI to be a whole lotta “meh”, so not personally interested), but I am sure there are others who would be. interesting link to throw, hand grenade style, into a distro flame war.