Comments on: Running ‘ancient’ linux binaries on modern systems https://virtuallyfun.com/2012/09/16/running-ancient-linux-binaries-on-modern-systems/ Fun with Virtualization Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: ampharos https://virtuallyfun.com/2012/09/16/running-ancient-linux-binaries-on-modern-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-20227 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:09:39 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=2336#comment-20227 Was playing in Visual Studio, noticed that the PlatformID enum of .NET has variables for Unix, Windows 9X, NT, CE and… Win32s. I’m not making this up.

]]> By: ampharos https://virtuallyfun.com/2012/09/16/running-ancient-linux-binaries-on-modern-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-19804 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:37:56 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=2336#comment-19804 X is platform agnostic; it’s network based too, so you could theoretically run X apps from an old-ass server in the 80s with X11 support and beam it to your Linux box; presuming you still have direct TCP support on a modern system. (Tunnel snakes tunneling through SSH rules!)

]]> By: Yes https://virtuallyfun.com/2012/09/16/running-ancient-linux-binaries-on-modern-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-19801 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:58:43 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=2336#comment-19801 I wanted to try the old Corel Paint version that came with Linux around 1999 or 2000. You can find the Corel paint out there but getting it to work was an impossibility. Something to do with ancient libs that it wanted. A nightmare. I thought about searching for them or installing an old RedHat, then said the heck with it.

Calling Corel was an exercise in futility, each time you asked a question they would turn it into a sales presentation on why you should get their latest Paint program. Idiotic repetitive responses soon made me break the chat, wont’ go back.

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