WinApps
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Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Linux
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- OpenSourceSoftware updated WinApps
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- K0RR added WinApps as alternative to Proton Sarek
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- 9,299 Stars
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- Updated Aug 18, 2024
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Unless you commit to using only WinApps (and the QEMU/KVM that it depends on) to the exclusion of VirtualBox or VMWare, WinApps interferes majorly with both of the latter's ability to RDP into VMs.
Also, uninstalling WinApps does NOT reverse the modifications that it does to the your (Linux) system. It litters the system with virtsh.io and other similar sh.it which keep running (like) d(a)emons in the background. It's a bl**dy pain reversing all this.
And you want to reverse it because WinApps doesn't work! Unless it's the only virtualiser (hypervisor/emulator) in your (Linux PC's) lap!
I'm not sure how many people would make that kind of commitment to WinApps and uninstall VirtualBox/VMWare instead.
Verdict? Unless WinApps learns to play nicely with other (industry dominating) virtualisers installed on the same PC, it should expect a teeny tiny userbase.