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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   The Steam Deck and other Linux-based gaming platforms already do a   
   good job of running most current Windows games. But older games, such   
   as those requiring DirectX 7, have been left out -- until now. Along   
   comes some enterprising hacker   
      
   who figures out how to emulate DirectX 7 calls by translating them to   
   DirectX 9, which is already supported on Linux.   
      
   It’s only a partial job so far. But imagine Linux being able to   
   support old Windows games (DirectX 7 came out in 1999) better than   
   current versions of Windows itself can manage!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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