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    [–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

    Me: Hey Linux can you open my .exe for me? Windows just makes me doubleclick the file so it should be easy.

    Linux:

    Executes Under Windows

    If the file is a windows file, it will not run under Linux on it's own. So if that's the case, you could try running it under a windows emulator (WINE). If it's not compatible with wine, then you won't be able to execute it under Linux.

    Before you can start, you will need to install wine. The steps you need to install wine will vary on the linux platform you are on. You can probably google "Ubuntu install wine", if for example, you're installing ubuntu.

    Once you have wine installed, then you'd be able to execute these commands.

    cd abc/ wine info.exe

    Execute Under Linux

    if you know this file to run under linux, then you'll want to execute these commands:

    Change to your abc directory

    cd abc/

    Then you'll want to change permissions to allow all users to execute this file (a+x). you could also allow just the user to execute (u+x)

    chmod a+x info.exe

    Launch the program, the ./ tells the command line to look in the current path for the file to execute (if the 'current' directory isn't in the $PATH environment variable.

    ./info.exe

    ...

    [–] Dicska@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    While it does feel like that from a Windows user's perspective, you're comparing running Windows executables on Windows with running Windows executables on Linux - no wonder it's not as simple on Linux. Do you know what else is not that simple? Running Linux executables on Windows. In order to do that, you have to...

    [–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

    I understand all of that.

    It doesn't change the fact that to execute a file you can't double click the executable file.

    [–] Dicska@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

    You mean a Windows executable file. There are executable (Linux) files on Linux that start with a double click.

    [–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

    Which OS has more executable files written for it that a regular user would regularly click on to open and not have to do an hr of troubleshooting?

    I use Mint and jump through hoops daily to do things that don't require reading documentation on Windows.

    These are unfortunately the kind of things that prevents people from changing OSs

    [–] Dicska@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

    Which OS has more executable files written for it

    Windows, of course, that's out of the question. And yes, the problem wouldn't be as annoying if proper corporate solutions were developed for Linux, as well - which is an investment, and they look at the proportions between the two, and choose the one with the larger user base. Which sucks as well, because the Linux user base is small exactly for the above reason (among others).

    Again, I'm not debating the whole issue at all - I just didn't find the initial comparison fair, that's all.

    [–] 3laws@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

    HELP HELP MY iPHONE APP DOESNT JUST MAGICALLY OPEN IN ANDROID TV AS A REGULAR APP HELP HELP

    [–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago

    And then that user continued to use windows

    [–] needanke@feddit.org 0 points 13 hours ago

    Use wsl?

    [–] 56_@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

    ...?