snixyz123@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWindows compatibility is insane!lemmy.mlimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down117
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minus-squareShady_Shiroe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-22 years agoLinux: User: Can you install this 50 year old program? Linux: it’s already installed
minus-squareversion_unsorted@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoUser: Linux can you install this software from this ancient obscure operating system?
minus-squaredustojnikhummer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoNo you can’t because the dependency doesn’t exit anymore.
minus-squareJohanno@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoThen compile it from the sources
minus-squaredustojnikhummer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down9·2 years agoYes because that is more user friendly than running an executable through a built in compatibility layer… suure
minus-squareReakDuck@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoWho tf wants usability when shit just has a solution no matter what. Additionally its an old program that a normal person wouldn’t even try. On windows shit just doesn’t work and the solutions are most of the time not even existing.
minus-squareriskable@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIf you’re trying to get ancient software to work I think “user friendliness” is the least of your concerns. Especially compared to the alternative (Windows) where the answer is just, “No: That’s not going to work no matter what you do.”
minus-squareeltimablo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoHave you heard to Good Word of our Lord and Savior, AppImage?
minus-squarepressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoGrep is from 1973 so yeah.
Linux:
User: Can you install this 50 year old program?
Linux: it’s already installed
User: Linux can you install this software from this ancient obscure operating system?
No you can’t because the dependency doesn’t exit anymore.
Then compile it from the sources
Yes because that is more user friendly than running an executable through a built in compatibility layer… suure
Who tf wants usability when shit just has a solution no matter what. Additionally its an old program that a normal person wouldn’t even try.
On windows shit just doesn’t work and the solutions are most of the time not even existing.
If you’re trying to get ancient software to work I think “user friendliness” is the least of your concerns. Especially compared to the alternative (Windows) where the answer is just, “No: That’s not going to work no matter what you do.”
Have you heard to Good Word of our Lord and Savior, AppImage?
Grep is from 1973 so yeah.