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		shiggerino on March 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows witho... I don't understand what this is supposed to accomplish. What's the advantage of building on GNU/Linux and running on Windows compared to building on Windows and running on Windows? Seems like it's needlessly complicating things making a binary compatibility layer.

kyberias on March 12, 2015 | [–]

It's trying to accomplish exactly the same as Wine, only vice versa.

There is a considerable amount of software written and compiled for Linux that is not available on Windows.

zoidb on March 12, 2015 | [–]

For people who are required to have a machine that boots into windows because of corporate policies at work maybe?

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