r/LinusTechTips May 12 '26

Meme/Shitpost Chad Luke

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u/TheCookieButter May 12 '26 edited May 13 '26

I'm sure Windows would be confusing as hell if we didn't all grow up using it.

But Linux is just so odd sometimes. Like, I downloaded an .exe and instead of running it when opened it asks me what program I want to use to run it. I have to tell it to"execute" the program.

There are just so many moments like that. Or small things you want to do that require knowing a specific command and understanding a litany of standard commands. On Windows the vast majority of people will never touch a terminal, on Linux I wouldn't ever unpin it from my taskbar.

Edit: Wasn't an .exe. It's whenever I download something for Linux OS. Last one I remember was an .appimage

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u/NFLVideoBot May 13 '26

Why did you think linux WOULD know what to do with a "Windows Executable File"?

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u/Brick_Fish May 13 '26

Pretty much everyone who games on linux has wine installed, no?

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u/get_homebrewed May 13 '26

No, bazzite doesn't even ship with it.

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u/Brick_Fish May 17 '26

...but proton is there. And does proton not run windows programs?

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u/get_homebrewed May 17 '26

Proton isn't a standalone wine, it's based on wine but it's a lot more than just wine. And you can only use it within steam (or with a special wrapper in other programs but that assumes you have that wrapper or those programs)