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There are several projects which have build scripts which patch the old WordPerfect binaries to run on modern distributions, for instance: https://github.com/t

There are several projects which have build scripts which patch the old WordPerfect binaries to run on modern distributions, for instance: https://github.com/taviso/wpunix https://github.com/taviso/wpunix

chasil 1y ago
Architecturally, many Linux distributions are removing 32-bit support, so these old binaries don't have much time left.
- asveikau 1y ago
  Of course running a 32 bit binary is a different, lower effort problem than say, running on a 32-bit kernel.
- yjftsjthsd-h 1y ago
  > many Linux distributions are removing 32-bit support, Are they? Fedora, sure, but they're Fedora. The only others I've seen are deprecating 32-bit host support while retaining multilib support for applications.
  - chasil 1y ago
    It's gone from rhel 10, which will cause my successor great difficulty. I am retiring next year, and I will not be fixing this.
    - kragen 1y ago
      They'll just install Debian, probably.
      - chasil 1y ago
        "The corporate standard is rhel." "But the engineering group uses Ubuntu extensively?" "The corporate standard is rhel. We cannot discuss anything else." As I am soon retiring, I won't have to watch this demolition derby.
- wkat4242 1y ago
  Well 32-bit kernels yes. 32-bit binaries not so much. Besides, it should be possible to patch them. Just append zeroes to every memory operation. Or run them within QEMU or something. This stuff is so old that any performance penalty will be unnoticeable.