Comment on Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch
tate@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week agoI wonder if the software you need for cars would run under Wine.
For years I kept one Windows laptop running only so I could use one proprietary app that I used occasionally when teaching. It was not ideal, but whatever. Then Windows started showing ads. on the desktop. that I was showing to my students! That I will not tolerate. So I poked around with Wine and found out I could run that app on my Mint laptop!
Goodbye forever TinyFlaccid. Go fuck yourself.
(note: I do have to use a windows machine for one thing still - to print at work using my company supplied office computer.)
suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 1 week ago
While maybe it could work, that’s not the kind of thing you want to mess around with, since if it misbehaves even a little bit it can brick your ECU and leave you with a multi-thousand dollar repair bill
tate@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
That’s just FUD.
Test it under Wine. If it’s working, you’re good to go. Wine can’t make software misbehave in subtle ways. It works or it doesn’t.
suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Or it works initially and then crashes (yes that does happen), and if it happens mid-flash that’s a problem.
Loucypher@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Yeah, not worth the risk