It's Virtualized Windows running an RDP session per-app, something VMWare has offered forever (Unity) and Virtual PC had too (forget what it's called).

Not a bad idea, mind - I use Unity mode today to run apps that only work on older versions of Windows.

So it's not a "Linux Subsystem for Windows" but a virtual Windows PC with a Unity-like mode, so it's as resource-intensive as any VM.

That said, I think it's great someone put it together!

[–] excel@lemming.megumin.org 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds similar to WinBoat then

[–] ThoGot@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

Or like WinApps

[–] AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

That is literally what wsl2 is though. It boots a full linux vm and wslg for GUIs is just rdp as well.

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Basically WinBoat again, but with Podman instead of Docker.

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

And winboat already works well on podman, so really it's just winboat again.

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago

It's another WinBoat, this time with a Podman-first approach.

[–] xep@discuss.online 13 points 1 month ago

LSW?

[–] zieg989@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Winboat GUI is notoriously badly written. Spinner animation peaks CPU like there is no tomorrow. But this looks like GUI part is also not native. Is it elektron again?

(I am stupid, article says it is Qt. So should be decent)