▲ 754 ▼ Windows 10's extended support ends in eight months, but users are still rejecting Windows 11, at least in Germany (www.windowslatest.com) submitted 7 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 169 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 23 points 7 months ago (14 children) I just use Wine and feel good. Feel good! permalink fedilink source hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] BlueKey@fedia.io 14 points 7 months ago (10 children) Not every applications runs in Wine. For example I didn't get USB devices (not storage, connection to a special device) running in Wine. And I can imagine that old serial connections and so are even more tricky. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 12 points 7 months ago Not all applications run on Windows either:) permalink fedilink source parent [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 7 months ago (2 children) Wine has support serial and parallel ports. They work fine. In recent versions of wine you don't even have to set anything up. Just run ls -l ~/.wine/dosdevices/com* after running something in wine to see what the com port number is for your device. The ttyACM and ttyUSB ports are USB serial ports. The ttyS ports are hardware serial ports and they will probably show up even if your computer doesn't have any. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago Whoa, I didn't know about it. Maybe I can run some legacy plc programming and industrial automation software using wine. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago Huh, didn't know about that. I should try the application again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheCornCollector@piefed.zip 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) I got some weird specialised hardware over USB working via WinBoat. Might be an option for some. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago Good to know, thx. permalink fedilink source parent [–] armandoenlachamba@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) Why would old serial connections be trickier in Wine? You would think they'd be easier since Wine started being developed when those were more prevalent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago Just a guess honestly permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago Old serial is probably easier due to it being simpler. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Something like Winboat would be more useful for edge cases like that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eronth@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) First time I tried to use WINE I got extremely confused by it, and ended up with a program that still didn't function. Literally no idea if it was me or a program that fundamentally didn't work with Wine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev -4 points 7 months ago Yes, "wine /path/to/program.exe" command might be too confusing for some categories of users. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago So good! So good! I got you! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlueKey@fedia.io 14 points 7 months ago (10 children) Not every applications runs in Wine. For example I didn't get USB devices (not storage, connection to a special device) running in Wine. And I can imagine that old serial connections and so are even more tricky. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 12 points 7 months ago Not all applications run on Windows either:) permalink fedilink source parent [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 7 months ago (2 children) Wine has support serial and parallel ports. They work fine. In recent versions of wine you don't even have to set anything up. Just run ls -l ~/.wine/dosdevices/com* after running something in wine to see what the com port number is for your device. The ttyACM and ttyUSB ports are USB serial ports. The ttyS ports are hardware serial ports and they will probably show up even if your computer doesn't have any. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago Whoa, I didn't know about it. Maybe I can run some legacy plc programming and industrial automation software using wine. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago Huh, didn't know about that. I should try the application again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheCornCollector@piefed.zip 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) I got some weird specialised hardware over USB working via WinBoat. Might be an option for some. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago Good to know, thx. permalink fedilink source parent [–] armandoenlachamba@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) Why would old serial connections be trickier in Wine? You would think they'd be easier since Wine started being developed when those were more prevalent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago Just a guess honestly permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago Old serial is probably easier due to it being simpler. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Something like Winboat would be more useful for edge cases like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 12 points 7 months ago Not all applications run on Windows either:) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 7 months ago (2 children) Wine has support serial and parallel ports. They work fine. In recent versions of wine you don't even have to set anything up. Just run ls -l ~/.wine/dosdevices/com* after running something in wine to see what the com port number is for your device. The ttyACM and ttyUSB ports are USB serial ports. The ttyS ports are hardware serial ports and they will probably show up even if your computer doesn't have any. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago Whoa, I didn't know about it. Maybe I can run some legacy plc programming and industrial automation software using wine. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago Huh, didn't know about that. I should try the application again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago Whoa, I didn't know about it. Maybe I can run some legacy plc programming and industrial automation software using wine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago Huh, didn't know about that. I should try the application again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheCornCollector@piefed.zip 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) I got some weird specialised hardware over USB working via WinBoat. Might be an option for some. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago Good to know, thx. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] armandoenlachamba@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) Why would old serial connections be trickier in Wine? You would think they'd be easier since Wine started being developed when those were more prevalent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago Just a guess honestly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago Old serial is probably easier due to it being simpler. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago Something like Winboat would be more useful for edge cases like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eronth@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) First time I tried to use WINE I got extremely confused by it, and ended up with a program that still didn't function. Literally no idea if it was me or a program that fundamentally didn't work with Wine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev -4 points 7 months ago Yes, "wine /path/to/program.exe" command might be too confusing for some categories of users. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev -4 points 7 months ago Yes, "wine /path/to/program.exe" command might be too confusing for some categories of users. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago So good! So good! I got you! permalink fedilink source parent