XP era programs are now consistently easier to run on Linux than on windows 10/11 for me.
Wine does that thing where it traps errors to a log instead of killing the program. Great for compatibility.
Probably not so great for security. I’d expect most cases where Windows switched from being lenient to being strict are exploit mitigations.
That's no longer the case. There's a ton of software that simply doesn't run anymore. Last time I used Windows years ago, there were at least 10 old games in my Steam library that wouldn't even start. I wouldn't be surprised if at some point Wine becomes better at running these applications than Windows itself.