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mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"

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PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"

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I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
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Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.
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    idk, simple stuff like old versions of microsoft word, or mspaint don’t work under wine.

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      Define old. Office 2007 works.

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        huh. didn’t in my experience.

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      mspaint…? Is. Is this a troll?

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        because i like mspaint?
        I’ve been using it for the last ~5 years for (really shitty) pixel art and i can’t find anything similar enough for linux. it never worked under wine for me.

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          How do you even get an installer for mspaint?? Like, I’m honestly baffled and intrigued at this point that mspaint is the “killer app” keeping someone on Windows and how one would even try to install it under wine…

          I did a bit of hunting online and most people report no problems with the windows xp version of paint under wine, but 7 and later requires some tinkering because of missing .dll files or won’t work at all.

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            I wouldn’t say it’s keeping me on windows, but I would miss it.

            I just tried downloading the .exes from the Internet archive.

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          No, it’s because MS Paint is such a basic application, that it not working under Wine sounds like fantasy. I can believe that about Windows 10/11 Paint. But Win32 versions??

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      That’s a feature.

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        well, that feature has been the reason i’ve always had to keep a windows laptop around.

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      Then don’t use them? Alternatives exist that work better

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