"WinApps and WinBoat both deliver the same functionality: they run real Windows in a VM and export native Windows apps in individual windows onto your Linux desktops, integrated with your native Linux applications, via the wizardry of Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol. RDP was Microsoft's answer to X11, before the great minds of the Wayland project came along to tell us that we don't need such things."
"WINE is amazing and the current version can run a lot of Windows apps smoothly on Linux - but there are limits to its compatibility: for instance, there's no Microsoft Store. The main alternative is to run a real copy of Windows inside a virtual machine, and when you need those specific tools, fire up the VM, and use the apps inside it."
"Both WinApps and WinBoat aspire to make this seamless and almost invisible, using a real copy of Windows running in a hidden virtual machine that uses Linux's built-in native virtualization tools rather than add-on hypervisors. The goal is to offer better compatibility than WINE, near-native performance, and better integration between host OS and virtualized apps. The key differences are control and maturity."
Real Windows can run inside a Linux-hosted virtual machine and export individual Windows applications onto the Linux desktop using Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol. RDP-based integration provides near-native performance and deeper compatibility than WINE for many commercial Windows applications. WINE offers excellent compatibility for many apps but lacks some features such as the Microsoft Store. Automatic VM management hides the virtual machine and streamlines file sharing and app launching. WinApps is a mature, flexible solution that requires manual configuration or virtualization knowledge. WinBoat is a newer project that aims for easier setup but has not reached version 1.0 yet.
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