25 year old Windows programs work better in Linux with wine than in Windows 🤣
it got so extreme i installed wine on wsl to run a few old programs because windows 11 dropped support for some libraries
That’s absolutely hilarious and I don’t doubt it for a second.
Wine is the most stable ABI on Linux 😂
What a fuckin lie. Can’t play some Windows 7 games on Windows 10 or above but on Linux it works.
I will always remember Battle For Middle Earth working first try on Linux after spending hours fighting with it on Windows
That game is a classic.
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Linux:
User: Can you install this 50 year old program?
Linux: it’s already installed
Grep is from 1973 so yeah.
No you can’t because the dependency doesn’t exit anymore.
Have you heard to Good Word of our Lord and Savior, AppImage?
Then compile it from the sources
Yes because that is more user friendly than running an executable through a built in compatibility layer… suure
Who tf wants usability when shit just has a solution no matter what. Additionally its an old program that a normal person wouldn’t even try.
On windows shit just doesn’t work and the solutions are most of the time not even existing.
Most people will need internet connection to Google specific commands to run or install the most trivial things, and it won’t always work depending on what distro you’re using. Oh you’re using MX Linux? Goodluck downloading a Plex client installer and just clicking it to install. Maybe use Snap but then good luck creating a shortcut with just a right click.
Limux won’t replace Windows anytime soon, not if even enthusiasts need to Google almost everything.
Bold of you to think I’d install a Plex client when I can just stream video in my terminal with mplayer in glorious ASCII.
And why would you search the internet when there’s a manual built right in?
Tfw compatibility for some old Windows programs and games is better in Wine than in modern Windows
In my experience, Windows can install a 25 year old program, but it won’t work
Yeah it sure can install these programs but thei’ll either run like dogshit or not at all.
Windows is def better than Mac for backwards compatibility, but nah dude it’s not even close to perfect. Ive had better luck using wine for old windows programs
GNU/Linux:
- Can I install this 20yo software?
- Is already installed.
Can I install this 20yo software?
user is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reportedSUDO Can I install this 20yo software?
Is already installed.You guys are awesome!
If you do
echo "3 6 * p" | dcin a terminal it’ll give you the result of 3x6, but thedcpart of that is software that was written probably between 1969 and 1971.That is crazy and cool! Thanks!
how about this driver for an obscure 20yo laptop’s touchpad?
already installed
Had this exact scenario with an old flatbed scanner. No win10 drivers and it never had mac drivers. Ran without issue in up to date Mint.
Actually once recently I had problems because the wifi driver (b43) for the Dell Latitude D505 (2004) wasn’t in the live Boot environment (cause un-free).
huh. Did you end up using a ethernet cable then?
I know it’s a même but Linux isn’t that good for running old app that have a user interface. Old command line interface works perfectly but that’s mostly for developer.
windows make it available to everyone.
It’s one of the few things windows does better, might as well recognize it.
Old command line interface works perfectly but that’s mostly for developer.
No. I’m comfortable with command line tools, and I’m far from being a developer. People used DOS etc. as well without being developers.
And yet somehow, it’s also complete garbage. I’ve tried installing win10 while having 11 drives connected to my system. Guess what, the win10 installer can’t count past 10, so instead of installing to drive 11 like it should have, it installed to drive 1. Because no one would ever use more than 10 drives in their system I guess. Drive 1 was my current OS and got nuked hard, even my backups couldn’t get it to work again.
Yeah Windows compatibility is both amazingly impressive and complete garbage.
Need to run something from 1992? Sure! No problem!
Need to run something from 2021? Sorry, no compatibility for that old API.
Yes, install your 25-year-old software on your 30-year-old NTFS filesystem (it’s that old).
EDIT: I just looked it up and NTFS turns 30 on July 27th, 2023 LOL
Windows is 90% bloat, 9% library and 1% operational…
The third panel of that is LINUX: Can you install this 25 year old program?
It was already installed on there.
Cat is so old it should be dead by now… Guess it’s got nine lives 😅
Linux, can you install this 70 year old program? It’s already running, bro
My dosbox and multiple attempts to build VMs of windows 3.1 say this isn’t completely true
Man, I hate to break it to you, but the Windows version from 25 years ago is… Windows 98.
I know, I know. I’m so sorry. I felt like that when I noticed, too.
Win98 software also do not work reliably on modern Windows. Microsoft abandoned that kind of compatibility a while ago for a mix of both good and bad reasons.
You will have better odds of running it on ReactOS or Linux.
For real. We run windows server R 2008 or something at work, never update it. Works like a dream with our other less ancient servers
@printerjammed Simply put, this is bad for so many reasons. Since you’re likely going to reject any direct reasons why this is bad, I’ll give you an analogy.
I’m going to take “and never update it” almost literally and assume you guys haven’t installed security patches since you first installed it, or stopped at some point long ago.
You’re essentially driving a 15 year old car that hasn’t had an oil change, brakes changed, or tires changed. There are known MAJOR safety recalls on the seat belts, airbags, and seats. You have refused to take your car in for free servicing under the recall and basically said, “It’s working fine now. It’s not worth the hassle scheduling an appointment at the mechanic. I’ll take my chances.”
But hey, “The car still gets me around and fits in my garage” you smugly think to yourself. “Why should I do anything different? It’s MY car and I’m only endangering myself here.”
Nope. Your car is endangering everyone else on the road. Bad brakes and tires are major risks for everyone around you. You can easily lose control and hurt or kill others on the road.
Bad seats, seat belts, and airbags means that occupants of your vehicle (your companies clients) can be injured or killed if they fail. Even if only YOURS fails, well…you’re the driver. Also, if you do crash and your seat belt fails, you’re now a projectile in the car and can injure or kill other passengers. I’ve seen this happen too many times as a firefighter and an EMT. Unseatbelted occupants are an enormous hazard.
Suffice to say your company is a vector for major attacks and vulnerabilities that not only will affect you, but your clients and potentially countless others who have nothing to do with your company since your server could be part of a botnet for all you know.
“bUt We HaVe OtHeR sEcUrItY cOnTrOlS aNd PrOpEr PrOtOcOlS fOr…” I’m going to cut you off here and straight up say: No. You don’t. The fact you still have Windows Server 2008 installed and refuse to even update it tells me enough about your entire IT department and policies.
Gonna be honest, this isn’t my experience, a lot of stuff just doesn’t work on Windows anymore
I can get those same programs to work fairly easily on linux though using Wine/Proton
