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minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-210 days agoWhat’s the technical diffence between CrossOver and just running Wine/Proton? If there’s none, doesn’t it make more sense to support Wine directly?
minus-squareFashim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 days agoI think CrossOver is designed to have better compatibility with specific programs (MS office, adobe programs etc) Crossover is a for profit organisation + software but their contributions to wine are open sourced/pushed upstream to the wine repo
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 days agoYou’re paying for someone to yell at when an update breaks your workflow, and they have to fix it instead of you.
minus-squareMwa@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoCrossOver am pretty sure was designed to be easy and way more compatible to run Windows apps/games.
What’s the technical diffence between CrossOver and just running Wine/Proton?
If there’s none, doesn’t it make more sense to support Wine directly?
I think CrossOver is designed to have better compatibility with specific programs (MS office, adobe programs etc)
Crossover is a for profit organisation + software but their contributions to wine are open sourced/pushed upstream to the wine repo
I see, thanks!
You’re paying for someone to yell at when an update breaks your workflow, and they have to fix it instead of you.
I see the point! Thanks
CrossOver am pretty sure was designed to be easy and way more compatible to run Windows apps/games.