ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoit's truelemmy.mlimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up140file-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
arrow-up140imageit's truelemmy.mlComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
minus-squareInfrapink@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 days agoThat’s not what emulation is. Emulators imitate hardware. WINE receives Windows system cells and returns the appropriate responses.
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoNo, it translates system calls. Very different.
minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoMy fault, I genuinely thought wine was an imitation. Honestly I don’t use it much
That’s not what emulation is. Emulators imitate hardware. WINE receives Windows system cells and returns the appropriate responses.
So it emulates system calls?
No, it translates system calls. Very different.
My fault, I genuinely thought wine was an imitation. Honestly I don’t use it much
It’s okay, Comrade Sharkfucker