[Wine] If you think getting Windows games working in Wine is hard ...

[Paul Johnson]

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On Thursday 27 March 2008 07:39:22 am David Gerard wrote:
> ... try getting old Linux binaries to work in a current Linux. It's
> actually harder.
>
> http://secretlondon.livejournal.com/447659.html
>
> (Windows is all about binary compatibility, but Linux is expressly not
> - it's all about *source* compatibility. So old programs are more
> likely to work by running the Windows version in Wine.)

Assuming you don't have the source.  If you have the source, odds are you 
go ./configure then make whatever, grab some coffee and hopefully all went 
well and compiled by the time you get back...

- -- 
Paul Johnson
baloo at ursine.ca
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