What is the most simple explanation for the fact that Windows applications are not Linux-compatible?
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What can you respond to someone who asks you: ...And why can't I install a Windows application on my Linux computer?
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You could use the "human language" as an analogy. Windows programs talk to Windows OS using the Windows API, the API is like a language. Linux programs talk to the Linux OS using another language, the Linux API. Linux doesn't "speak" Windows API, Wi…
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