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WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"
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A lot of music production software doesn't rely on GPU acceleration. There's also proprietary bullshit like software that controls specific hardware, like GPU control software, MIDI devices and other random devices like things for RGB control or printers. Oh yeah, and tax software, to do taxes and whatnot, most of them are windows or mac exclusive, so that would come in handy too. I used to run a full-fat windows VM for things like these, but winboat might actually be a more tidy solution.
There's plenty of examples of software that either will never be created on linux or proprietary bullshit that devs simply can't be bothered to reverse engineer for linux.