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[–] hissingmeerkat@sh.itjust.works 191 points 16 hours ago (19 children)

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

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 108 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (9 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 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 7 points 11 hours ago

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

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