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

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196 points generichuman | 4 comments | 01 Apr 25 22:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.794s | 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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surfaceofthesun ◴[02 Apr 25 13:38 UTC] No.43556530[source]▶
I was able to run Age of Empires 2 on Windows 11. It didn't like running on an ultrawide, but it worked well enough at smaller resolutions.
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guappa ◴[02 Apr 25 14:59 UTC] No.43557447[source]▶
a 3d game…
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1. SSLy ◴[02 Apr 25 16:08 UTC] No.43558251[source]▶
I've just installed and run Star Wars Empire at war (2005) from steam, it seems to run just fine in WQHD. The UI isn't even blurry
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2. guappa ◴[03 Apr 25 05:05 UTC] No.43564956[source]▶
On steam? Games that get updated are updated? Do you have any more groundbreaking revelations?
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3. SSLy ◴[03 Apr 25 07:56 UTC] No.43566328[source]▶
instead of being toxic you could point any particular one to check. If I don't have it purchased I'll grab the OG scene rel.
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4. guappa ◴[03 Apr 25 19:18 UTC] No.43574126{3}[source]▶
Well age of empires 2 didn't work on windows 7 and vista for example. So ok now it works but it wasn't continuous.

Star trek elite force won't work (at least it didn't for me), star wars jedi outcast and jedi knight are in the same situation. Yes you find some of them on gog, which means they needed changes to work again.