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Not useless. You had to set something like OSSPD and some MESA variables and the games would run fine with the old libc libraries. I think both Debian and Slack
by anthk 3y ago
Not useless. You had to set something like OSSPD and some MESA variables and the games would run fine with the old libc libraries. I think both Debian and Slackware had "compat" libraries for a while.
- tredre3 3y agoYeah... So to use the program you have to go through a treasure hunt across the internet to find your message, then understand what it means, then follow the steps, then try running the program. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't. That's the Linux adventure!
- anthk 3y agoLinux adventure? Ever heard of PCGaming Wiki and running DX7-9 era games today? That's a clusterfuck of wrappers. Heck, Direct Draw games run dog-slow under Windows > 7 unless you use a DDraw->OpenGL wrapper from WineD3D for Windows and hex-edit the DDL's to avoid name clashes.
- actionfromafar 3y agoWine, then :)
- actionfromafar 3y agoMeanwhile, you can still run the Win32 program.