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2026-11-03 21:11 UTC

It doesn’t sound exactly like Wine? It’s a different approach if I understand it correctly. Instead of mimicking API calls and acting as a translator, it seems to be more like building a cloned windows environment including it’s own kernel, APIs and elements from ReactOS, Vulkan etc. So it may solve some of Wines issues, but may also have quite a bit of overhead and redundancy that Wine doesn’t do? I don’t think it will replace Wine but it may be a complementary approach that suits some applications better than wine? But it’s a mammoth task, and I’m sceptical it will get the traction it needs to succeed.

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  • @aksdb@lemmy.world 2026-11-03 21:55

    Own kernel wouldn’t make sense; then it would need a VM. Rebuilding APIs in a Windows compatible manner is what Wine (and ReactOS) does as well. Microsoft’s APIs work on top of the Windows kernel, while Wine’s API works on top of Linux. Since Raven intends to run apps natively without virtualization, it’s targeting the same architecture; rebuilding Windows APIs on top of Linux.

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