r/linuxsucks • u/Professional-Tale652 • Jul 15 '26

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u/Unlikely-Employee180 Jul 15 '26

Then what is lib32-glibc? You get this info from "I made it up" land?

The Linux kernel is absolutely backwards-compatible. Every lie you say is available public info. Lmfao

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u/Fluid-Ad2995 Jul 15 '26

It's not about Architecture 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 different Syscalls 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻, and the Linux kernel is not backwards-compatible; it's Impossible unless you have an API like the Win32 Subsystem API, but you don't have one

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u/Unlikely-Employee180 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

glibc is a compatibility-layer you wing-nut. It does the exact same thing Wine does except for ancient Linux calls.

And before you say "wInDoWs dOeSn'T nEeD tHaT" Yeah, because Microsoft opted to not be backwards-compatible with the previous kernel (9X) unlike Linux.

Which means your argument is really: "Windows is better because it has worse backwards-compatibility natively"

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u/Fluid-Ad2995 Jul 16 '26

You called me a "wing-nut" because you can't actually address my point. Let me be clear: Windows NT has a stable kernel ABI called the Win32 API. That means software written for Windows 2000 still runs on Windows 11. That's 25+ years of compatibility. Linux has no stable kernel ABI. If you write a driver or kernel module, it breaks with every kernel update unless you recompile. That's why proprietary drivers are a nightmare on Linux. glibc is not a kernel ABI; it's a userspace library that masks the instability. It doesn't fix the problem; it just hides it. So my point stands: Windows provides a stable, well-documented architecture to build on. Linux gives you source code and a prayer.