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The state of binary compatibility on Linux and how to address it

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196 points generichuman | 5 comments | 01 Apr 25 22:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ecef9-8c0f-4374 ◴[02 Apr 25 12:52 UTC] No.43556104[source]▶
I bought 3 linux games on DVD between 2006 and 2016. I stopped buying linux games and instead started again buying windows games. Because there is no easy way to run them. On the other hand I can just run myst1993 and most of windows games without much hustle via wine. Wine is linux only stable abi
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guappa ◴[02 Apr 25 13:09 UTC] No.43556268[source]▶
As if a windows game from 2006 is going to run on windows 11 :)
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1. tyushk ◴[02 Apr 25 13:54 UTC] No.43556720[source]▶
The 2006-engine version of Half-Life 2: Episode 1 runs on Windows 10/11 with no configuration [1], outside of getting Steam to download it. I recall installing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on a Windows 11 machine, which just needed Directx 9c to run.

[1] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=28643...

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2. guappa ◴[02 Apr 25 15:00 UTC] No.43557452[source]▶
all of the half life work fine natively on linux as well on steam. Do you have something more challenging?
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3. ecef9-8c0f-4374 ◴[02 Apr 25 15:08 UTC] No.43557541[source]▶
Because valve puts in the ongoing effort. Tell loki software they need to update the binaries of their games. Oh wait they don't exist anymore.
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4. guappa ◴[03 Apr 25 04:59 UTC] No.43564921{3}[source]▶
Valve puts ongoing effort also on the windows games… yet a sibling comment tried a game from valve instead of trying a game from a CD to do a fair comparison -_-'
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5. ecef9-8c0f-4374 ◴[03 Apr 25 11:44 UTC] No.43568214{4}[source]▶
Fair comparsion? This thread is about how you can't run old software on linux and are better of running windows software via wine. Running random versions instead of specific software versions is the point.