Rose here. Also @umbraroze for non-kbin stuff.
It’s funny, the only Linux software I’ve ever used that was only shipped as binaries was Loki games. Also, the only software that broke after binary compatibility went south. There used to be a giant tarball of old libraries and jiggerypokery that enabled the Loki games to sorta kinda work.
I was kind of sad to see that Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri didn’t run too well, but then I tried to play the GOG version on x64 Windows 11 and there are occasional weird issues. So, eh.
Windows: Can you run 25 year old binaries? Yes you can.
Linux: Can you build 25 year old software from source? Yes you can.
Or:
Software has a Linux version and it only comes as a .deb
Depends on a load of packages exclusive to Ubuntu and installing it on stock Debian is bloody impossible
Yeah I remember when Steam came to Linux. Never got it to work. I hope it is better nowadays? (Sadly can’t check. My only pure Linux box at the moment is a Raspberry Pi, I don’t expect Steam to run on that either)
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32-bit software is still absolutely supported on amd64. Just go to
C:\Program Files (x86)and be amazed.