Wine 8.16 Restarts Work On Implementing Microsoft's Deprecated DirectMusic API

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Wine 8.16 Restarts Work On Implementing Microsoft's Deprecated DirectMusic API
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At some point in the future Linux will support more windows applications than windows

Honestly I have an easier time running old Windows games on Linux than on Windows.

Hmm..I wonder if I can install the original Blade Runner on Wine, since the installer doesnt work on windows anymore due to being..16bit i think.

Possibly. Diablo 1 for example gave me trouble on Windows 7 but works great on Wine.

Same here which is great for me because I love older games lol

It looks like people have run WINE under Cygwin, so barring Cygwin-introduced compatibility issues, Windows can use the same compatibility layer.

I’ll use VirtualBox on Linux with W11 to run Cygwin run Wine to run old Dos games

Doesn't it already? At least when it comes to games