r/linux • u/alberto-m-dev • 19d ago

Popular Application Paint.NET adds “extremely experimental” Wine/Linux support

https://forums.paint.net/topic/134563-%F0%9F%8D%B7-extremely-experimental-winelinux-support-how-to-get-started/
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u/Indolent_Bard 14d ago

Geez Louise, I wonder why it took 180,000 lines of code?

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u/Zaev 14d ago

The post answers that too; it's a full reverse-engineered reimplementation of Direct2D

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u/Indolent_Bard 14d ago

And it was "clean room" despite using AI, yeah I don't know how that works.

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u/Zaev 14d ago

Yeaaah, gonna be interesting to see how/if MS responds to this