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Yes I am aware.
So WINE was just imagined into existence? Or maybe it was a wizard with a magic spell?
Why do people get so uppity when I simply ask questions? I never claimed that anyone owed me anything. I never asked for anything.
That is literally nothing but personal projection.
I am unwilling to learn. I've wasted hundreds of hours trying to learn to use Linux for basic tasks after everyone assured me it was "so easy" and not gotten anywhere. I'm done trying to learn.
Someone posted Zorin OS elsewhere, which appears to be exactly what I asked for.
GP is simply wrong on this one. While it is an open source project with a lot of volunteer involvement, there are companies like CodeWeavers and Valve which directly or indirectly contribute to development. You can get support from CodeWeavers AFAIK, but that means paying them.
Well you did ask for something, which is replies to your questions. And your reaction to those replies, whether intended or not, comes off as "uppity" as well. Hence the downvotes and hostility (not to say that I support that from either side of the conversation).
Then why are you wasting peoples time with asking questions?
Running software on an OS it wasn't made for is anything but a basic task. Try running various Linux software on Windows and you will see. If you want to run software made for Windows easily the way to do that is using the version of Windows it was created for.
What people mean by "basic tasks" is usually browsing and office, and there is Linux-native software for that.
Not really. It has deeper integration of Wine into the system by default, but it is still a Linux OS running a compatibility layer for Windows software. This will not save you if you are unwilling to learn, there will still be various problems. Some software will simply not work, or only partially work, or require additional configuration to work.
In summary, if your definition of "basic tasks" is running arbitrary Windows software then doing it on Windows is the way to go.
Getting answers to a simple question (which I have) doesn't require learning.
Never said it was.
Which is exactly what I inquired about so yes, really.
I'm aware. I didn't ask for anyone to make Linux run Windows applications natively.
This is the only thing you've said that matters. Nobody should ever make any effort to help you, because you expect to spoonfed like a baby.
And yet I already have been "spoonfed" the answer I was looking for. Twice now. It wasn't hard either. And didn't require any additional learning.
Linux users are gems lmao. Take a look at yourself