70 pointsby LorenDB4 hours ago4 comments
  • andy_xor_andrew6 minutes ago
    Curious if someone could enlighten me-

    How much of these sorts of patches are specifically checking if a certain application is running, and then changing behavior to match what that application expects? And how much of it is simply better emulating the Windows API in general?

    I think there are benefits to both approaches, not criticizing either one. I'm just curious if the implementation of a patch like this is "We fixed an inconsistency between Wine and Windows" vs "We're checking if Photoshop is running and using a different locking primitive" or whatever.

    • spijdar4 minutes ago
      I can't speak to this case specifically, but it's worth pointing out that Windows itself applies many patches for specific applications, so it follows that Wine could be obliged to mimic that behavior in cases where the application relies on it.
  • diath35 minutes ago
    This is just for the installer so it saves you the "install on Windows and move files to Linux" step however the Adobe suite still runs poorly in WINE.
    • sjsbn21 minutes ago
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      • wolttam9 minutes ago
        Lol, tell that to Valve.
        • frankie_t4 minutes ago
          I'm not sure what 'most apps' constituted in their case, but I've been playing all my games on Linux for the last 3 years and can't be happier.

          I wonder, what prevents better support for 'regular' apps? Are they using some windows API that is hard to implement in Linux?

  • doener38 minutes ago
  • andrewstuart22 hours ago
    I'd be pretty thrilled if I could run Lightroom on Linux. Photoshop is great too but Lightroom is my main app for my biggest hobby and I've had to buy myself a whole MacBookPro just to do it without dual booting Windows, which really raises the mental barrier for me to jump in and edit photos, which makes me want to take them a lot less.

    I've tried Darktable and it's pretty impressive software and could probably handle most of my needs. But apparently I'm now that old guy who's been using software X for 20 years and refuses to change his ways because it's not worth it. At least when it comes to Lightroom.

    • hxorran hour ago
      You could run in a VM - check out WinBoat which allows individual apos in a containerised Windows install to integrate seamlessly with your linux desktop environment