sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoMicrosoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down15
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minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day ago One of the greatest advantages of windows over Linux is great retro compatibility. It’s completely insane that none of my native Linux games work anymore, while under Proton all windows apps work just fine
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI’ve been saying for a bit now that Linux games should be distributed via flatpak or similar to mitigate this problem.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoFlatpak has issues. Distributing libraries with games and forgetting about them is a security nightmare. The proper solution would be either API versioning or wine-like translation layer that translates old API calls to modern ones.
It’s completely insane that none of my native Linux games work anymore, while under Proton all windows apps work just fine
I’ve been saying for a bit now that Linux games should be distributed via flatpak or similar to mitigate this problem.
Flatpak has issues. Distributing libraries with games and forgetting about them is a security nightmare. The proper solution would be either API versioning or wine-like translation layer that translates old API calls to modern ones.