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It's worth reading that G+ post just to see Alan Cox and Linus jumping all over GNOME
by nly 13y ago
It's worth reading that G+ post just to see Alan Cox and Linus jumping all over GNOME
- pantalaimon 13y agoWell he has a point, while the kernel interfaces remain consistent, most userspace libraries have the habit of breaking compatibility every few years/get replaced altogether. It's easier to run the Windows version of early Linux games like Unreal through wine than getting the native version to work.
- krakensden 13y agoFor a while people were porting the RH5 libc around :/.
- nly 13y agoGlib and GTK+ remained ABI stable for the whole of 2.x afaik.