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[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Most of it works fine if the devs aren't actively making it impossible to work under Wine, either as a conscious effort (which is more often than you would think) or as a side-effect of other shady practices like constant communication with servers for DRM that is poorly or aggressively implemented.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

idk, simple stuff like old versions of microsoft word, or mspaint don't work under wine.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 42 minutes ago

Then don't use them? Alternativesv exist that work better

[–] windpunch@feddit.org 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Define old. Office 2007 works.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 5 hours ago

huh. didn't in my experience.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

mspaint...? Is. Is this a troll?

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

because i like mspaint?
I've been using it for the last ~5 years for (really shitty) pixel art and i can't find anything similar enough for linux. it never worked under wine for me.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

How do you even get an installer for mspaint?? Like, I'm honestly baffled and intrigued at this point that mspaint is the "killer app" keeping someone on Windows and how one would even try to install it under wine...

I did a bit of hunting online and most people report no problems with the windows xp version of paint under wine, but 7 and later requires some tinkering because of missing .dll files or won't work at all.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

No, it's because MS Paint is such a basic application, that it not working under Wine sounds like fantasy. I can believe that about Windows 10/11 Paint. But Win32 versions??

[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That's a feature.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

well, that feature has been the reason i've always had to keep a windows laptop around.