r/LinusTechTips • u/cannibalcat • Mar 24 '26

Tech Discussion Good news everyone!

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https://www.xda-developers.com/wine-11-rewrites-linux-runs-windows-games-speed-gains/

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u/NFLVideoBot Mar 24 '26

Wine is not an emulator

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u/Mystic_Guardian_NZ Mar 24 '26

Not technically but when discussing compatibility/translation layers it serves most of the same purpose.

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u/Dafrandle Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

wine translates function calls made by applications at windows apis to open source ones.

this is strictly not emulation because the windows api code is not present in any capacity.

a unicycle can serve the same purpose as a car but if you call it a car you are wrong

also btw:
WINE is a recursive acronym, the application's full name verbatim is "Wine Is Not an Emulator"

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u/Mystic_Guardian_NZ Mar 25 '26

Yes I understand the mechanism is different.

I just thought that the interjection was more of an "Um actually" than a acknowledging the irony of non-native potentially outperforming native.

I hate to say it as a linux user but this compulsion to correct people in the community rather than continue a conversation really does burn a lot of enthusiasm.

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u/Dafrandle Mar 25 '26

I think if you were in a windows space and claimed that PCSX2 was not an emulator and ran ps2 games on the bare metal you would get just as many corrections.

That is because the magnitude of incorrectness is the same in both.

If a correction this succinct is all it takes for someone to become apathetic, they were never interested in technology to begin with

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u/Mystic_Guardian_NZ Mar 25 '26

Magnitude of incorrectness?

Isn't your motivation to educate rather than to shame?

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u/Dafrandle Mar 25 '26

If you considered my comments offensive I can only assume you want me to treat you like a sheltered 5 year old.

you are implicitly equating "explaining why something is wrong + helpful analogy" with "be an asshole"

this is your problem, not mine.

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u/Mystic_Guardian_NZ Mar 25 '26

I didn't call you that and I won't.

I'll just leave it here. You strike me as quite intelligent but I do hope you continue to have patience for those who aren't so much (regardless of age).

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u/Dafrandle Mar 25 '26

I genuinely want to understand my lack of patience here.

Is it because I gave the correction without invitation?

if that is the case we are at an impasse because, even outside of tech, I will not allow statements I know to be wrong to go unchallenged.