GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCan you install thid 25 year old program?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageCan you install thid 25 year old program?lemmy.mlGravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-square_cnt0@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI actually had more success getting old windows games to run in modern linux with wine than in modern windows.
minus-squarethemoonisacheese@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe saying “the most stable ABI on Linux is win32” says that’s also true for Linux software unfortunately
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, we need an equivalent of Wine for old versions of Linux.
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year 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).
I actually had more success getting old windows games to run in modern linux with wine than in modern windows.
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?
“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).