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  2. Proton (software) - Wikipedia

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    Proton is a compatibility layer that allows Windows games to run on Linux-based operating systems. [1] Proton is developed by Valve in cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers . [ 2 ] It is a collection of software and libraries combined with a patched version of Wine to improve performance and compatibility with Windows games.

  3. Nobara Linux - Wikipedia

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    Nobara Linux [6] is a Linux distribution based on Fedora Linux, [7] it is developed by Thomas Crider, otherwise more colloquially referred to as "Glorious Eggroll", [8] who is also known for developing Proton-GE. [9]

  4. Wine (software) - Wikipedia

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    Bob Amstadt, the initial project leader, and Eric Youngdale started the Wine project in 1993 as a way to run Windows applications on Linux.It was inspired by two Sun Microsystems products, Wabi for the Solaris operating system, and the Public Windows Interface, [10] which was an attempt to get the Windows API fully reimplemented in the public domain as an ISO standard but rejected due to ...

  5. List of Linux adopters - Wikipedia

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    As of 2005, State owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is installing Linux in all of its 20,000 retail branches as the basis for its web server and a new terminal platform. [ 12 ] Since 2008, North Korea uses a Linux distribution developed by the Korea Computer Center , called Red Star OS , on their computers.

  6. Windows Subsystem for Linux - Wikipedia

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    Only Ubuntu (with Bash as the default shell) was supported. WSL beta was also called "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" or "Bash on Windows". WSL was no longer beta in Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators Update), released on October 17, 2017. Multiple Linux distributions could be installed and were available for install in the Windows Store. [11]

  7. Criticism of Linux - Wikipedia

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    As of October 2021, Proton, a Steam-backed development effort descended from Wine provides compatibility with a large number of Windows-only games, and potentially better performance over Linux-native ports in some cases. [citation needed] ProtonDB is a community-maintained effort to gauge how well different versions of Proton work with a given ...

  8. Proton VPN - Wikipedia

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    Proton VPN is a VPN service launched in 2017 [9] and operated by the Swiss company Proton AG, the company behind the email service Proton Mail. [10] [11] According to its official website, Proton VPN and Proton Mail share the same management team, offices, and technical resources, and are operated from Proton's headquarters in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland. [12]

  9. Cooperative Linux - Wikipedia

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    Ubuntu running with coLinux speedLinux running with coLinux. Most of the changes in the Cooperative Linux patch are on the i386 tree—the only supported architecture for Cooperative at the time of this writing. The other changes are mostly additions of virtual drivers: cobd (block device), conet (network), and cocon (console).