GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoCan you install thid 25 year old program?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up12
arrow-up12imageCan you install thid 25 year old program?lemmy.mlGravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-square_cnt0@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI actually had more success getting old windows games to run in modern linux with wine than in modern windows.
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months ago“Just run it in compatibility mode bro, it’s fine bro!!!” My computer screen suddenly turns 640x480, flickers 5 times, then crashes because -checks notes- my graphics drivers are too new. Yes this has actually happened to me. No I can’t remember with what game (I wanna say Deadly Premonition).
minus-squarethemoonisacheese@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThe saying “the most stable ABI on Linux is win32” says that’s also true for Linux software unfortunately
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, we need an equivalent of Wine for old versions of Linux.
minus-squarelambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIsn’t that just chroot?
I actually had more success getting old windows games to run in modern linux with wine than in modern windows.
“Just run it in compatibility mode bro, it’s fine bro!!!”
My computer screen suddenly turns 640x480, flickers 5 times, then crashes because -checks notes- my graphics drivers are too new.
Yes this has actually happened to me. No I can’t remember with what game (I wanna say Deadly Premonition).
The saying “the most stable ABI on Linux is win32” says that’s also true for Linux software unfortunately
Yeah, we need an equivalent of Wine for old versions of Linux.
Isn’t that just chroot?