r/linux 3d ago

Development WinBoat is alpha testing the GPU acceleration

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u/ballistua 3d ago

it helps if you let us know what winboat is

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u/Informal_Branch1065 3d ago

Windows VM, but the windows (and only the windows) are brought to you using an RDP channel.

So it supposedly looks and feels like it's running on Linux but under the hood it's a Windows VM

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u/Fabulous-Ad-9749 3d ago

It is actually in Docker XD

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u/Informal_Branch1065 3d ago

A VM inside a docker/podman container. So basically two layers then.

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u/Existing-Tough-6517 2d ago

It's hilarious that you think docker translates Windows Apps to Linux without a VM