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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/CommonGrounds8201 on 2025-10-20 04:32:14+00:00.

Recently a new tool has surfaced which allows execution of Windows applications “on Linux” through a headless Windows VM ran in the background through a Docker container.

www.winboat.app

Here is a video walkthrough of how the tool works:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Imnf8yd01fM

My opinion is twofold since I do think that it would open the doors for more Windows users to be more inclined towards Linux, albeit the tool is not perfect and it’s not a 1 on 1 replacement.

However I also do think that if people migrate to Linux with the mindset of running all their Windows apps, they’re less inclined to try open source alternatives, not to mention that they’d need a good spec system computer to run this and not all apps work (GPU accelerated apps particularly).

Just had a thought about this today and wanted to know what other people thought.

What are your opinions on this?