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Microsoft keeps maintaining all those libraries, and keeps them in the OS by default. That may not be the case with Linux.

• bombcar 3y ago
  This is exactly it. If you call native windows things, they’re there (ignoring deprivation of win16, etc). But if you call gnome libraries, they’re probably long gone.
  • msla 3y ago
    I've found a lot of package archives for various distros.