On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 11:11:31PM +0530, Suman Garai wrote: > Hello, > > I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & > games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even > softwares like Wine & PlayOnLinux sometimes falters on supporting the > latest ones. Therefore, I wanted to know why isn't Debian putting efforts > to build something like Windows Subsystem for Linux or Windows Subsystem > for Android to support the apps across the Windows & Mac platforms. > > I am sorry if this isn't the right place to ask for the same, but I really > wanted to know & I could not get the answer anywhere, so I felt like asking > through this medium. I actually want to move to some different OS but want > that Windows like Application Support, therefore I had to ask. Other than > that, you guys are great at your job. Keep it up. > > Thank you > Suman
Debian on WSL is directly available from the Microsoft store: it is maintained by a Debian developer (rhaist) who uploads the Debian image to Microsoft. That will allow you to run vanilla Debian on top of Microsoft's kernel under WSL. If you want to run Windows apps on Debian, there's always the option of using virtualisation. Virt-manager and KVM work well. Microsoft will even provide a VM including Windows 11 and Windows development tools if you want to use it. It has a limited lifetime but will work indefinitely if you keep it updated. Hope this helps, Andy Cater
