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> The point of Wine is to run older Windows software. Is this really true? What “newer” Windows software would not run under Wine “in principle”? (And, for tha
by Koshkin 4y ago
> The point of Wine is to run older Windows software.
Is this really true? What “newer” Windows software would not run under Wine “in principle”? (And, for that matter, what older Windows software wouldn’t run on Windows itself?)
- outworlder 4y agoIt is not true at all.
- danielheath 4y agoI've had older windows software require _extensive_ compatibility profile tuning to make it run at all, including disabling some device drivers, using the legacy scheduler to stop race conditions in IPC, etc.
- chungy 4y agoI imagine GP conceived Wine as such because Wine has tended to have a greater chance of running older software than brand new software. This might be because Wine hasn't had the time to catch up with the latest APIs. But in short, no. Wine has a goal of running all Windows software, old and new.