Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:48:44 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 45
Message-ID: <vrt92s$2br2p$2@dont-email.me>
References: <52m0ujlj963t9vgssefgrok4femvs43ts6@4ax.com>
 <vrsjjm$1l5lu$1@dont-email.me> <1oo3ujpeevs6eue47db5vvb28pmvuman25@4ax.com>
 <vrsucm$1u3ji$1@dont-email.me> <vrsv64$241pg$2@dont-email.me>
 <vrt075$1u3up$11@dont-email.me> <cc34uj5g11jmo3ldvlkt1mjpc9g8vv8h92@4ax.com>
 <vrt5b2$1u3ji$15@dont-email.me> <vh64ujdvrfgm1gnl74ct512sr1vou45kvn@4ax.com>
 <vrt77a$1u3up$14@dont-email.me> <0d84ujhcea3t4dhe72r2fm1jpvdum3vpgt@4ax.com>
 <vrt8il$2br2p$1@dont-email.me> <2k94ujl25qb3mvak34t0t6i1319p4dad78@4ax.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:48:45 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4cdef46d11f0427511d1b0bbf4aec2b3";
	logging-data="2485337"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+XSWSUh4mVzETPzakav8WN+Tkn6HFPJhk="
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:f2+HqcymUqBO3ZMk9IfHXsDnMzs=
Content-Language: en-CA
In-Reply-To: <2k94ujl25qb3mvak34t0t6i1319p4dad78@4ax.com>
Bytes: 3010

On 2025-03-24 20:45, Joel wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>>>> I could use Agent simply for its archives of old messages, and use
>>>>>>> another app for live Usenet functions, but I *like* using Agent, for
>>>>>>> all its datedness, it still does what I like it to do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Meaning that Linux cannot fulfill all of your needs.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's patently stupid.  I could use something other than Agent.  I am
>>>>> using Agent under Linux.  Deal with that.
>>>>
>>>> No. You're using Agent in an emulator under Linux;
>>>
>>> Not exactly, no, it's not emulating anything, it's literally providing
>>> the answers to API calls as if it were really Winblows.
>>
>> Which is precisely what "emulation" means.
>>
>> A process makes an API call that would normally be made to the Windows OS...
>>
>> ...and WiNE emulates the response.
> 
> 
> Nope.  It translates it into something Linux or macOS understands.

That is what "emulation" means.

> 
> 
>>>> costing you
>>>> performance, when you claim that your needs for performance are so high.
>>>
>>> Not really, I have a great system.
>> So you say...
>>
>> ...but you need to use Windows applications to fulfill all your needs.
> 
> 
> I could run Windows 11, on this machine.  It would simply be inferior
> to running Linux, and using Wine sparingly.
And yet you need Windows applications to make your computing experience 
whole...