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... try getting old Linux binaries to work in a current Linux. It's actually harder. http://secretlondon.livejournal.com/447659.html (Windows is all about binary compatibility, but Linux is expressly not - it's all about *source* compatibility. So old programs are more likely to work by running the Windows version in Wine.) - d.

.... Hello binary compatibility this is part of the posix standard. Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection Nice another application hitting the X11 spec problems around Composite just in a worse way the wine most of the time. Critical line http://secretlondon.livejournal.com/447659.html > It now worked from the menu - it didn't need any of the compatibility libraries. So there was binary compatibility there. I have had far far worse. Loki installers when they were new would do stupid things as having the application only able to run as root u...