{"id":109394,"date":"2026-01-06T17:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/an-idea-for-a-linux-designed-around-win32-apps-the-register\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:39:05","slug":"an-idea-for-a-linux-designed-around-win32-apps-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/an-idea-for-a-linux-designed-around-win32-apps-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"An idea for a Linux designed around Win32 apps \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/go.fiverr.com\/visit\/?bta=1052423&nci=17043\" Target=\"_Top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fiverr.ck-cdn.com\/tn\/serve\/?cid=40081059\"  width=\"601\" height=\"201\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<p>What if, reasonably than make a Linux distro that may run Home windows apps, you constructed the entire distro round Home windows binaries as an alternative?<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/loss32.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Loss32<\/a> is probably the most gleefully deranged concept for learn how to put collectively a Linux OS that we predict we&#8217;ve got ever examine in three and a half many years\u2026 nevertheless it&#8217;s not unattainable. Not solely might it&#8217;s executed, there might be actual benefits to doing it this fashion.<\/p>\n<p>The concept comes from a blogger and developer referred to as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hikari.noyu.me\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hikari no Yume<\/a> (&#8220;Dream of Mild&#8221; in Japanese) who made it public on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/events.ccc.de\/congress\/2025\/infos\/startpage.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">39th Chaos Communication Congress<\/a> in Germany on the finish of December.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\">\n        <noscript><br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/oses&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aV1IYchTaLxIF_PVcqtYngAAA0I&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/oses&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aV1IYchTaLxIF_PVcqtYngAAA0I&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n    <\/div>\n<p>The gist of the concept is to run the entire consumer atmosphere, desktop and all, inside WINE. So it is one thing like a bare-metal WINE sitting on prime of the Linux kernel, with simply sufficient plumbing to attach them up. That is considerably totally different from the present method, which is to run a very Linux-based stack \u2013 the kernel, an init, a userland, a Linux show system, and a Linux desktop, after which run Home windows applications inside that.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\">\n            <noscript><br \/>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/oses&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aV1IYchTaLxIF_PVcqtYngAAA0I&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/oses&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aV1IYchTaLxIF_PVcqtYngAAA0I&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n            <\/noscript>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\">\n                <noscript><br \/>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/oses&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aV1IYchTaLxIF_PVcqtYngAAA0I&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/oses&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aV1IYchTaLxIF_PVcqtYngAAA0I&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><br \/>\n                <\/noscript>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Neither is it simply &#8220;a Linux that may run Home windows apps.&#8221; That is an previous concept \u2013 it was the idea behind the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2002\/09\/23\/review_lindows_2_0_has\/\">Lindows distribution<\/a> some 25 years in the past, though the title bought the corporate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2002\/01\/03\/ms_trains_legal_guns\/\">sued by Microsoft<\/a>. Lindows turned Linspire turned Freespire, which is, unexpectedly, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2023\/05\/15\/freespire-95-breezes-in\/\">still around<\/a>, and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2003\/05\/12\/lindows_in_the_living_room\/\">included Click&#8217;n&#8217;Run Warehouse<\/a> was just about the primary app retailer on the net. There was additionally an effort so as to add direct assist for Home windows binaries to the Linux kernel, known as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tsuibin\/longene\" rel=\"nofollow\">Longene<\/a>, over a decade in the past.<\/p>\n<p>It is also a profoundly totally different method to emulating your complete Home windows OS, because the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/03\/25\/reactos_drops_release_0415\/\">ReactOS project is inching toward<\/a>. It has been engaged on that for fairly\u00a0a while now: <em>The Register<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2012\/10\/09\/windows_8_hacker_hassle\/\">first mentioned it<\/a> in 2012, so far as we will see. It additionally reminds us of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/02\/24\/neptune_os_sel4_windows\/\">Neptune OS project we covered<\/a> in 2022, which remains to be in improvement.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\">\n            <noscript><br \/>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/oses&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aV1IYchTaLxIF_PVcqtYngAAA0I&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/oses&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aV1IYchTaLxIF_PVcqtYngAAA0I&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n            <\/noscript>\n        <\/div>\n<p>It might be made to work. Even ReactOS itself thought-about a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reactos.org\/wiki\/Arwinss\" rel=\"nofollow\">comparable approach<\/a>. It is even doable to run <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org\/607714.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">WINE on Windows itself<\/a> to revive compatibility with 16-bit Home windows binaries, and there are efforts to make that simpler reminiscent of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxedwine.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">BoxedWine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lengthy earlier than WINE itself was helpful, Solar provided WABI \u2013 Oracle <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.oracle.com\/cd\/E19957-01\/802-3253\/802-3253.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">still has the manual<\/a> [PDF]. Solar proposed making the Win16 API a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/234999.235003\" rel=\"nofollow\">formal standard<\/a>. Later, Caldera provided a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/everythinglinux.org\/wabi\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Linux version of WABI<\/a>, and this vulture tried it. It labored remarkably effectively, and allow us to efficiently set up and run MS Workplace 4.3 underneath Linux with no VMs \u2013 or Home windows licenses \u2013 concerned. You possibly can see some <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/virtuallyfun.com\/2020\/11\/11\/fun-with-caldera-wabi\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">modern screenshots on VirtuallyFun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Linux in 2026 is best at operating Home windows apps than it is ever been earlier than, to the extent that there&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/07\/16\/steam_deck_portable_gaming_pc\/\">mass-market consumer hardware<\/a> offered for this, with an Arch-based distro whose promoting level is its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2023\/09\/27\/osseu_steam_os_3\/\">ability to run Windows games smoothly and well<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/11\/14\/valve_steam_kit\/\">more such hardware is coming soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of that is all the way down to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/01\/24\/wine_turns_10\/\">growing maturity of WINE<\/a>, nevertheless it&#8217;s not simply WINE. Valve is sponsoring numerous the work, together with its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ValveSoftware\/Proton\" rel=\"nofollow\">Proton layer<\/a> for operating Home windows video games on Linux. You possibly can verify what is going to work and the way effectively on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.protondb.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">ProtonDB<\/a>. The forthcoming Steam Body headset is Arm64-powered, however is designed to run x86-64 Home windows video games, due to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fex-emu.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">FEX<\/a>. A notable web site aimed toward this market, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">PCGamer.com<\/a>, went <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/linux\/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">on the record<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous layers to unpack behind the concepts within the Loss32 proposal. The title is, after all, a pun on the title of the unique Home windows native API, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/win32\/desktop-programming\" rel=\"nofollow\">Win32<\/a>. The title &#8220;Loss,&#8221; and the venture&#8217;s brand, additionally check with the famed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cad-comic.com\/comic\/loss\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">episode of that name<\/a> from the long-running <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cad-comic.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ctrl+Alt+Del web comic<\/a>. This installment itself <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/loss\" rel=\"nofollow\">became a meme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One in all maybe the much less apparent inspirations is a extensively mentioned weblog put up from 2022, titled &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.hiler.eu\/win32-the-only-stable-abi\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Win32 is the only stable ABI on Linux<\/a>.&#8221; This can be a long-running joke within the Linux world, within the spirit of an ironic commentary on Linux compatibility over time. The kernel ABI itself is very steady, and Linus Torvalds is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2013\/01\/04\/torvalds_kernel_bug_rage\/\">notorious for defending this<\/a>, however once you layer different parts on prime, it will get much more difficult. Even the lowest-level parts: within the late Nineties, the transition from <code>libc<\/code> model 5 to libc 6, referred to as <code>glibc<\/code>, was a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/linuxgazette.net\/issue35\/tag\/libc.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">thorny issue<\/a> and led to compatibility issues between distros that took a couple of decade and a half to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.aurel32.net\/debian-is-switching-back-to-glibc.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">subside<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\">\n            <noscript><br \/>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/oses&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aV1IYchTaLxIF_PVcqtYngAAA0I&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/oses&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aV1IYchTaLxIF_PVcqtYngAAA0I&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n            <\/noscript>\n        <\/div>\n<p>Will Loss32 occur? It is too quickly to say. Some individuals love the concept, some hate it, and a few <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lobste.rs\/s\/htjhdh\/loss32_let_s_build_win32_linux#c_rjrfzg\" rel=\"nofollow\">feel both<\/a>, which we completely perceive. However the bits are there. You might even boot such a Frankensteinian OS direct from NTFS \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/11\/22\/install_linux_on_ntfs\/\">that&#8217;s been possible for half a decade<\/a>. Ought to it occur? 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