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    From Fritz Wuehler@fritz@spamexpire-202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net to alt.privacy.anon-server on Fri Jan 2 20:38:38 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    Run Windows apps on Linux with 'WinApps'.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

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  • From anonymous@noreply@mixmin.net to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Jan 6 00:20:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    On 02 Jan 2026, Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire- 202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> posted some news:5be959453815243adb2123f28fa23935@msgid.frell.theremailer.net:

    Run Windows apps on Linux with 'WinApps'.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

    Windows Vista 11 looks like Linux. Terminology changed in subtle ways.
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  • From Lars Poulsen@lars@beagle-ears.com to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Jan 6 02:20:28 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    On 2026-01-06, anonymous <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:
    On 02 Jan 2026, Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire- 202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> posted some news:5be959453815243adb2123f28fa23935@msgid.frell.theremailer.net:

    Run Windows apps on Linux with 'WinApps'.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

    Windows Vista 11 looks like Linux. Terminology changed in subtle ways.

    And that's before you even get into WSL (Windows Subsyystem for Linux).
    The default is Ubuntu, but on my PC, it's Fedora.

    From PowerShell
    wsl --install Fedora
    .. and reboot. Next time you open the command window terminal,
    your Linux system is an option in the pulldown (down arrow to the right
    of the + in the top bar of the window).
    --
    Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California
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  • From Lars Poulsen@lars@beagle-ears.com to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Jan 6 02:44:29 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    On 2026-01-06, Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> wrote:
    On 2026-01-06, anonymous <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:
    On 02 Jan 2026, Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-
    202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> posted some
    news:5be959453815243adb2123f28fa23935@msgid.frell.theremailer.net:

    Run Windows apps on Linux with 'WinApps'.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

    Windows Vista 11 looks like Linux. Terminology changed in subtle ways.

    And that's before you even get into WSL (Windows Subsyystem for Linux).
    The default is Ubuntu, but on my PC, it's Fedora.

    From PowerShell
    wsl --install Fedora
    .. and reboot. Next time you open the command window terminal,
    your Linux system is an option in the pulldown (down arrow to the right
    of the + in the top bar of the window).

    Well, that is how it worked in Windows-10.
    At this point, it is
    wsl --install FedoraLinux-43

    And I don't see it in the pulldown, but you get a command shell from
    default distribution you selected by typing "wsl" in the command shell
    (cmd or PS).

    The file system view is a little different in WSL. The windows file
    systems are mounted under /mnt/c etc
    You can install GUI file manager - f.ex. dolphin
    sudo dnf install dolphin -y
    then at the shell prompt
    dolphin >&/dev/null &
    --
    Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California
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  • From Daniel70@daniel47@nomail.afraid.org to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Jan 6 19:03:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    On 6/01/2026 11:20 am, anonymous wrote:
    On 02 Jan 2026, Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire- 202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> posted some news:5be959453815243adb2123f28fa23935@msgid.frell.theremailer.net:

    Run Windows apps on Linux with 'WinApps'.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

    Windows Vista 11 looks like Linux. Terminology changed in subtle ways.

    "Windows Vista 11"?? Wasn't Vista about Windows 5 or so??
    --
    Daniel70
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  • From Brian Gregory@void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Jan 6 16:15:04 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    On 06/01/2026 08:03, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 6/01/2026 11:20 am, anonymous wrote:
    On 02 Jan 2026, Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-
    202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> posted some
    news:5be959453815243adb2123f28fa23935@msgid.frell.theremailer.net:

    -a Run Windows apps on Linux with 'WinApps'.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

    Windows Vista 11 looks like Linux.-a Terminology changed in subtle ways.

    "Windows Vista 11"?? Wasn't Vista about Windows 5 or so??

    I think he's using the Vista name as an supposed insult to Windows 11.
    Windows Vista did seem to have a bad reputation, but actually it was
    very like Windows 7 and as far as I'm concerned, was fine to use if you
    just accepted that you got lots of User Account Control (UAC) prompts.
    To this day I always run with UAC prompts set to maximum like in Vista.
    --
    Brian Gregory (in England).
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  • From Joel W. Crump@joelcrump@gmail.com to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Jan 6 11:15:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    On 1/6/26 3:03 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 6/01/2026 11:20 am, anonymous wrote:
    On 02 Jan 2026, Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-
    202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> posted some
    news:5be959453815243adb2123f28fa23935@msgid.frell.theremailer.net:

    -a Run Windows apps on Linux with 'WinApps'.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

    Windows Vista 11 looks like Linux.-a Terminology changed in subtle ways.

    "Windows Vista 11"?? Wasn't Vista about Windows 5 or so??


    2000 and XP were 5, Vista 6, 7 and later aren't Vista though the basic codebase hasn't been radically changed since Vista (which is why it was
    so delayed and buggy on its release).
    --
    Joel W. Crump
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  • From Mark Lloyd@not.email@all.invalid to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Jan 6 19:58:22 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 19:03:37 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:

    On 6/01/2026 11:20 am, anonymous wrote:
    On 02 Jan 2026, Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-
    202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> posted some
    news:5be959453815243adb2123f28fa23935@msgid.frell.theremailer.net:

    Run Windows apps on Linux with 'WinApps'.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

    Windows Vista 11 looks like Linux. Terminology changed in subtle ways.

    "Windows Vista 11"?? Wasn't Vista about Windows 5 or so??

    IIRC:

    5.0 Win 2000
    5.1 Win XP
    6.0 Win Vista
    6.1 Win 7
    6.2 Win 8
    6.3 Win 8.1
    6.4 some early prerelease Win 10 (before they changed to calling it
    version 10)
    --
    Mark Lloyd
    http://notstupid.us/

    "Useful Phrases to Know when Traveling in The Middle East: Akbar
    khali-kili haftir loftan - Thank you for showing me your marvelous gun"
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  • From Gremlin@nobody@haph.org to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Mon Jan 12 21:47:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> news:ms4qo9Fp402U1@mid.individual.net Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:15:04 GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:

    On 06/01/2026 08:03, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 6/01/2026 11:20 am, anonymous wrote:
    On 02 Jan 2026, Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-
    202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> posted some
    news:5be959453815243adb2123f28fa23935@msgid.frell.theremailer.net:

    - Run Windows apps on Linux with 'WinApps'.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

    Windows Vista 11 looks like Linux.- Terminology changed in subtle ways. >>>
    "Windows Vista 11"?? Wasn't Vista about Windows 5 or so??

    I think he's using the Vista name as an supposed insult to Windows 11. Windows Vista did seem to have a bad reputation, but actually it was
    very like Windows 7 and as far as I'm concerned, was fine to use if you
    just accepted that you got lots of User Account Control (UAC) prompts.
    To this day I always run with UAC prompts set to maximum like in Vista.

    Vista earned that bad reputation. It was the equ of WindowsME. Windows 7 was quite stable on stand alone systems as well as workstations. Vista was just
    a pain in the ass. Esp when it was first released to the public with it's rather shitty driver support. If you only use one computer for personal use where you didn't own any say, HP printers or scanners, I can see why you
    might not have had any noticeable issues with it. In a workstation environment, it wasn't so much fun. Having to replace a working printer or flatbed scanner because Vista didn't support it and the manufacturers didn't have drivers available (yet if ever) that wasn't so good. Didn't run into
    this issue when Windows 7 was released though. It supported 'older hardware' for the most part just fine. Vista also ran like dog shit on the same
    hardware as XP. XP was a solid OS. Windows 2000 basically with the end user eye candy. Windows 7 was the 'fix' for Vista. It was a decent OS as well.

    MS wasn't happy with that, of course, so we got Winshit 8 and winshit 8.1 - lets turn your desktop/laptop into a tablet. Yea! Brilliant move on their part. /sarcasm.
    --
    Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
    Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
    Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
    Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government

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  • From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Jan 13 08:21:12 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    Fritz Wuehler wrote:

    Run Windows apps on Linux with 'WinApps'.
    https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

    By running them on Windows then *displaying* them on linux ...

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