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minus-squareWillem@kutsuya.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days ago… And he said it might work on wsl, which is Linux on windows translation layer, including graphics support. A lot of Linux tooling has opened up to windows users because of it, which would include darling, to run mac apps, via wsl, on windows.
minus-squareTurboWafflz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoShe, but yeah. I don’t think it’s a good idea, but it is technically a way to run a small subset of macos software on windows without a VM, just using multiple compatibility layers instead
minus-squareRikudou_SageAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIIRC, WSL is a VM, albeit one tightly integrated and very fast.
minus-squareTurboWafflz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI thought WSL1 was a compatibility layer and 2 was a VM and they were both still supported? Is WSL 1 gone now?
minus-squareRikudou_SageAlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoNot sure about the current status of WSL1, but basically all new features are only developed for WSL2.
… And he said it might work on wsl, which is Linux on windows translation layer, including graphics support.
A lot of Linux tooling has opened up to windows users because of it, which would include darling, to run mac apps, via wsl, on windows.
She, but yeah. I don’t think it’s a good idea, but it is technically a way to run a small subset of macos software on windows without a VM, just using multiple compatibility layers instead
IIRC, WSL is a VM, albeit one tightly integrated and very fast.
I thought WSL1 was a compatibility layer and 2 was a VM and they were both still supported? Is WSL 1 gone now?
Not sure about the current status of WSL1, but basically all new features are only developed for WSL2.