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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoYou’re paying for someone to yell at when an update breaks your workflow, and they have to fix it instead of you.
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