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Strange, Windows is excellent when it comes to allowing old applications to run on newer releases.

• matheusmoreira 5y ago
  That's no longer the case. There's a ton of software that simply doesn't run anymore. Last time I used Windows years ago, there were at least 10 old games in my Steam library that wouldn't even start. I wouldn't be surprised if at some point Wine becomes better at running these applications than Windows itself.
  • Schroedingersat 5y ago
    That point was mid 2020 some time
• JonChesterfield 5y ago
  XP era programs are now consistently easier to run on Linux than on windows 10/11 for me.
  • notriddle 5y ago
    Wine does that thing where it traps errors to a log instead of killing the program. Great for compatibility. Probably not so great for security. I’d expect most cases where Windows switched from being lenient to being strict are exploit mitigations.