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minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up113·1 year agoAt some point in the future Linux will support more windows applications than windows
minus-squareraptir@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 year agoHonestly I have an easier time running old Windows games on Linux than on Windows.
minus-squareDubious_Fart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year 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-squareraptir@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoPossibly. Diablo 1 for example gave me trouble on Windows 7 but works great on Wine.
minus-squarecsm10495@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTry something like this: https://github.com/leecher1337/ntvdmx64 This lets me run some old 16 bit games on the latest Win 10x64.
minus-squareipkpjersi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSame here which is great for me because I love older games lol
minus-squaretal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoIt looks like people have run WINE under Cygwin, so barring Cygwin-introduced compatibility issues, Windows can use the same compatibility layer.
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI’ll use VirtualBox on Linux with W11 to run Cygwin run Wine to run old Dos games
minus-squareAstaroth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year 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