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Re:Windows 10 nagging users with Bing advertisements (push a... by swiley on Sunday May 30, 2021 @10:37PM (#27339434)
Wine can probably run most windows 7 software, you're probably better off with Linux (use pop-os if you want something easy with good IME/desktop features. My Thai girlfriend jumped pretty much strait to that from windows after she got tired of all the MS/vendor crap eating up all the I/O.)
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Re:Windows 10 nagging users with Bing advertisements (push a... by hyperman1 on Monday May 31, 2021 @04:19AM (#27341562)
I've been saying this for decades at this point, but there is still the occasional snafu. We bought a TomTom GPS, and their MyDrive Connect map updater won't run on wine. Some error with vulkan and a Win32 extension.

Now I have to admit the GPS device itself is also pretty low-quality, so probably I should just return it to the store, but still... What were they smoking? No 3D accelerated map updates for me, I guess.

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