Windows compatibility is insane! : memes

[-] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

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[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 8 points 2 years ago

Wine is the most stable ABI on Linux 😂

[-] KuudereEnthusiast@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

it got so extreme i installed wine on wsl to run a few old programs because windows 11 dropped support for some libraries

[-] StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

That's absolutely hilarious and I don't doubt it for a second.

[-] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 years ago

What a fuckin lie. Can't play some Windows 7 games on Windows 10 or above but on Linux it works.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

I will always remember Battle For Middle Earth working first try on Linux after spending hours fighting with it on Windows

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

That game is a classic.

[-] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago

GNU/Linux:

Can I install this 20yo software?
Is already installed.

[-] tubbadu@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Can I install this 20yo software?

user is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported

SUDO Can I install this 20yo software?

Is already installed.

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[-] trent@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

there is nothing to do

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

how about this driver for an obscure 20yo laptop's touchpad?

already installed

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

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.

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[-] Slartibartfast@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

If you do echo "3 6 * p" | dc in a terminal it'll give you the result of 3x6, but the dc part of that is software that was written probably between 1969 and 1971.

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[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Old Linux software usually has to be completed from source anyway (uhh the effort) which essentially makes it future proof

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[-] Engywuck@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Can you run on this 20 y/o piece of hardware?"
Linux: "hold my beer!"

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[-] IuseArchbtw@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago

Linux gang has entered the chat

[-] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Linux:

User: Can you install this 50 year old program?

Linux: it's already installed

[-] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

No you can't because the dependency doesn't exit anymore.

[-] Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Then compile it from the sources

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[-] eltimablo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Have you heard to Good Word of our Lord and Savior, AppImage?

[-] version_unsorted@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

User: Linux can you install this software from this ancient obscure operating system?

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[-] HoloPengin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Tfw compatibility for some old Windows programs and games is better in Wine than in modern Windows

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[-] gun@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

In my experience, Windows can install a 25 year old program, but it won't work

[-] CrownCrafter@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

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

[-] tarneo@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

More like "Installing... Do you want avast or X or Y installed along with it?" No thanks, I very much prefer Linux package managers.

[-] Gerryflap@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Not my experience. I've had multiple old games and an old printer that just straight up didn't work under Windows. On Linux however (using wine for the windows exe's) it usually does run. Sometimes it does require some googling, but there's usually someone who tried it before.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Games are actually the hardcore compatibility test. They are much less compatible than the average piece of software. That's due to them using much more of the hardware/low-level-APIs of the OS, but also due to DRM and Anti-Cheat-Software (where applicable).

And printers are also (for some reason) super difficult. Probably because they are cheap, planned-obsolescence pieses of crap hardware, which are chock-full of DRM.

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[-] AlexTheLost@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

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

[-] julianh@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

After all, wine is the most stable abi on Linux

[+] CookieJarObserver@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] madmaurice@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

Do current Windows versions even start anything that was compiled for pre-Vista? I thought they don't?

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[-] jannis@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

I tried to install Civilization 2 from a CD on Windows 10. It didn't work.

[-] ikantolol@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

there's workaround but it's a pain in the ass... https://www.myabandonware.com/game/sid-meier-s-civilization-ii-453

basically

the game use old .bin disk file, you must convert it to .iso
mount the .iso
run the setup.exe to install Civilization II

[-] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I'm unsure if this is doable with Windows, but when using wine there's a simple workaround for this:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=4849

Mostly it boils down to copy the whole civ2 directory as-is.

[-] GreyHouseElf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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.

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[-] BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de 3 points 2 years ago

Sadly exactly that is the reason that windows is just a bunch of spaghetti code XD

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[-] primalmotion@lemmy.antisocial.ly 3 points 2 years ago

Linux, can you install this 70 year old program? It's already running, bro

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[-] Bandicoot_Academic@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

I hear a lot about Windows backwards compatibilyty, but i don't think it has ever actualy worked for me. Every time i tried to install a program meant for anything older then win7/win10 i get some cryptic error and end up using a VM.

[-] Jon-H558@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

if that's the case why do I still have to support XP as some shop floor measurement device still uses software from that, and window 7 for the database of greases then the likilhood is the windows 10 to windows 11 project is taking 6months planning of impact assessments. (pretty sure if we had let them the tool planning dept would still be running their windows 3.1 lotus suite

[-] quazar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The third panel of that is LINUX: Can you install this 25 year old program?

It was already installed on there.

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[-] okawari@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

This has been a great boon to me. Whenever Apple upgrades Mac OS, I check my regional equivalent to craigslist for cheap music gear that stops working. Has worked twice for me. I got a really nice 24 channel audio interface for 20 bucks.

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