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minus-square@olafurp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink113•10 months agoAt some point in the future Linux will support more windows applications than windows
minus-square@raptir@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglish35•10 months agoHonestly I have an easier time running old Windows games on Linux than on Windows.
minus-square@Dubious_Fart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-210 months agoHmm…I wonder if I can install the original Blade Runner on Wine, since the installer doesnt work on windows anymore due to being…16bit i think.
minus-square@raptir@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoPossibly. Diablo 1 for example gave me trouble on Windows 7 but works great on Wine.
minus-square@csm10495@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoTry something like this: https://github.com/leecher1337/ntvdmx64 This lets me run some old 16 bit games on the latest Win 10x64.
minus-square@ipkpjersi@lemmy.mllinkfedilink3•10 months agoSame here which is great for me because I love older games lol
minus-squaretallinkfedilink19•10 months agoIt looks like people have run WINE under Cygwin, so barring Cygwin-introduced compatibility issues, Windows can use the same compatibility layer.
minus-square@olafurp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•10 months agoI’ll use VirtualBox on Linux with W11 to run Cygwin run Wine to run old Dos games
minus-square@Astaroth@lemm.eelinkfedilink9•10 months agoDoesn’t it already? At least when it comes to games
At some point in the future Linux will support more windows applications than windows
Honestly I have an easier time running old Windows games on Linux than on Windows.
Hmm…I wonder if I can install the original Blade Runner on Wine, since the installer doesnt work on windows anymore due to being…16bit i think.
Possibly. Diablo 1 for example gave me trouble on Windows 7 but works great on Wine.
Try something like this: https://github.com/leecher1337/ntvdmx64
This lets me run some old 16 bit games on the latest Win 10x64.
Same here which is great for me because I love older games lol
It looks like people have run WINE under Cygwin, so barring Cygwin-introduced compatibility issues, Windows can use the same compatibility layer.
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I’ll use VirtualBox on Linux with W11 to run Cygwin run Wine to run old Dos games
Doesn’t it already? At least when it comes to games