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-up1267arrow-down15
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minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours 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-up2·15 hours 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.
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.