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Re:Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition by do_not_redeem on Monday December 30, 2024 @08:54PM (#42555601)
> Oregon Trail, a game made for Windows 95, still runs on Windows 11

Fatal error: MSVCRT70.DLL could not be found.

But that's easy enough to fix, right? Just dig through Windows's package manager (sorry, I meant MSDN) trying to guess the right vcredist, and try a few and hope for the best.

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Re:Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition by jasomill on Monday December 30, 2024 @10:30PM (#42556169)
The Visual C++ .NET 2002 runtime shipped with Windows 95?

To be fair, I've seen plenty of commercial Windows software ship over the years without runtime components required on the original supported OS (or with required redistributable components that had to be separately installed from the distribution CD-ROM for no well-explained reason).

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Re:Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition by ryao on Monday December 30, 2024 @10:07PM (#42556029)
Alternatively, look it up by reading winetricks’ source code. Wait, would that be cheating considering that winetricks is a UNIX tool? Linux and UNIX systems in general are supposed to be harder, not easier, in comparison to Windows, right?

For those unable to tell, I am using sarcasm in that last part.

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