mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoIf only there were a solution to the Windows handheld problemlemmy.mlimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1319arrow-down1imageIf only there were a solution to the Windows handheld problemlemmy.mlmr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechocrates@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoI wouldn’t hate a closed windows ecosystem on Linux. We would get the kernel patches and more software would work. Even if we didn’t get kernel patches because windows is scummy and ignores the gpl, a common abi would still be amazing
minus-squarecertified_expert@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours ago“common abi”? Like embracing?
minus-squarechocrates@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 minutes agoAbi means application binary interface. Iirc it is a convention basically on how the operating system expects system calls to be made. That is a fancy way of saying it’s how programs can use the operating system. Linux does it one way and windows does it another. It is apart of why we can’t run windows programs on Linux. Executable format is another big reason, I’m sure there are many.
I wouldn’t hate a closed windows ecosystem on Linux. We would get the kernel patches and more software would work. Even if we didn’t get kernel patches because windows is scummy and ignores the gpl, a common abi would still be amazing
“common abi”? Like embracing?
Abi means application binary interface. Iirc it is a convention basically on how the operating system expects system calls to be made.
That is a fancy way of saying it’s how programs can use the operating system.
Linux does it one way and windows does it another. It is apart of why we can’t run windows programs on Linux.
Executable format is another big reason, I’m sure there are many.