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It's good while the software you run on it still supports that OS, for example the big one would be anything build upon Chromium (or electron) framework which d

It's good while the software you run on it still supports that OS, for example the big one would be anything build upon Chromium (or electron) framework which deprecated win7 support when Microsoft ended ESU support (EOL +3 years).

tonyhart7 11mo ago
doesnt matter because windows can run even dos software out of the box its compability its one of the best
- polski-g 11mo ago
  The most stable ABI on Linux is the Win32 one, running on WINE.
  - tonyhart7 11mo ago
    and windows can run WSL
    - 1718627440 11mo ago
      So software should be deployed with DOSbox and WINE on Linux on WSL on Windows 7. Got it!
  - LtWorf 11mo ago
    Spoken like a guy who doesn't use WINE.
- LtWorf 11mo ago
  Yes, sure. Which is why companies shipping old DOS games make them run in dosbox… Makes total sense. Could it be that windows isn't that compatible? After all no game from >10 years ago runs any longer.
  - tonyhart7 11mo ago
    "After all no game from >10 years ago runs any longer." stop lying, I can run original doom, sim city and red alert on my windows 10 You just need to click run compability as windows xxx then you can run it
    - LtWorf 11mo ago
      Yes on dosbox… try to run a directx6 game which won't run in dosbox but will need to rely on microsoft for compatibility and then let me know how it goes.
      - LtWorf 11mo ago
        The downvotes are obviously coming from people who did not try to do as i asked.