▲ 1138 ▼ ATTENTION: 1337X IS NO LONGER SAFE [Reposted from Reddit] (lm.madiator.cloud) submitted 3 years ago by Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloud to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 242 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] arc@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Not sure what the thumbs down is about. It's right there in their own FAQ. In fact it ends by saying - "Wine is not just an emulator" is more accurate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nevalem@programming.dev 4 points 3 years ago There is a storied history in computing to use tongue in cheek self referential acronyms to denote some humor and finality in distinguishing things that purposely fill a niche in the world of competing, often pricey, commercial software and other hackable reasons. So I bet you're rubbing wrong those of us who remember that gnu is not unix, and more specifically wine is not an emulator. Because they really aren't. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nevalem@programming.dev 4 points 3 years ago There is a storied history in computing to use tongue in cheek self referential acronyms to denote some humor and finality in distinguishing things that purposely fill a niche in the world of competing, often pricey, commercial software and other hackable reasons. So I bet you're rubbing wrong those of us who remember that gnu is not unix, and more specifically wine is not an emulator. Because they really aren't. permalink fedilink source parent
