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[–] hissingmeerkat@sh.itjust.works 219 points 3 days ago (25 children)

Windows 11 won't install those 25 year old programs anymore. Wine will.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 125 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

I’m really sorry to do this, but 25 years ago was 2001.

Now that the painful part is out of the way, 32-bit software from 2001 should work in Windows 11.

[–] calango@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My machines and my children’s machines will never boot Windows again.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago

Good! Not sure how that’s relevant, but good!

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