Can applications for a newer version of Ubuntu fail to run on an older version due to the X server?

Question

linux

Game for Ubuntu 16.04 does not run on Ubuntu 14.04, dependencies are satisfied with ld_library_path, gives a message about the X server.
Is it possible to run another X server specially compatible for this game?

Answer 1

we can generally assemble a container or a virtual machine and shove it inside with the necessary environment.

Answer 2

Theoretically, programs should not be so hard bound to the xserver version, and in a normal situation, you can safely connect via ssh -X from another machine (at least on windows or even android if you have the appropriate server there), so I would advise you to check this is by running livecd in a virtual machine and connecting to your machine through it, and if it doesn’t work either, then yes, the reason is xserver.
ps just between these versions of the canonical were played with different implementations of xserver - for example, wayland.

Answer 3

Theoretically, programs should not be so hard bound to the xserver version

But they can. "Wrong" lib version, "wrong" API, "Wrong" binary, etc.
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