Comment by DeathArrow
2 years ago
I can use Windows drivers from Windows XP era. Try that on Linux.
And I can run any win32 binary, regardless how old is it. Try that on Linux.
2 years ago
I can use Windows drivers from Windows XP era. Try that on Linux.
And I can run any win32 binary, regardless how old is it. Try that on Linux.
> I can use Windows drivers from Windows XP era. Try that on Linux.
Linux has a model where all drivers should live in-tree; if we account for that, then yes, most devices that worked on Linux in 2001 will work on Linux today.
> And I can run any win32 binary, regardless how old is it. Try that on Linux.
Yes, Linux also has excellent compatibility with old win32 binaries. This is partially a joke and partially not.
A hello world driver maybe? My XP printer driver didn't work on 7, had to buy a new one.
I've often read that, but in my experience it's not true. Drivers before 7 don't work on 7+. Exes from win XP era often fail to run, even with the compatibility modes offered by the OS. Heck, the only times I used compatibility modes where as workarounds for binaries that didn't exist when XP support had already ended...
I thought that Windows 10+ after a certain build made signed drivers mandatory without safe mode or other workarounds? I know I’ve tried Windows 7 drivers for some things and ran into that issue.