• @Aux@lemmy.world
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    41 year ago

    You can run 16 bit Windows 3.0 apps on Windows 10 on compatible hardware. Can I run any Linux application compiled 20+ years ago on any modern distro without any fuckery? No. I can’t even run apps compiled for the latest Arch on the latest Ubuntu, lol. Software development for Linux is a total nightmare.

    • Fubber Nuckin'
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      61 year ago

      This is true, but kind of exaggerated. I can’t run some windows 7 apps on Windows 10. I have been able to run some backalley Linux software from an html 1.0 site designed in the 90’s no problem.

      On both platforms backwards compatibility is a little hit or miss, but yeah Linux is worse.