The Wine compatibility layer continues progressing, with the latest development release Wine 5.12 out now.
What is Wine, apart from a tasty liquid that you should drink responsibly? It would be a bit weird if we were covering the world of fermented grapes—we are in fact talking about software. A quick reminder for the newer Linux user: it's a compatibility layer that allows the running of Windows-only applications and games on Linux and other operating systems. It's one of the driving forces behind Steam Play Proton.
Here's the highlights of what's new in Wine 5.12:
- NTDLL converted to PE format.
- Support for the WebSocket API.
- Improved RawInput support.
- Vulkan spec update.
As for the bug fixing that happens with each release, they noted 48 solved in the announcement. Some old that saw a re-test and some more recent. These include issues squashed for: Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Grim Dawn, Generation Zero: FNIX Rising, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Path of Exile, StarCitizen, Riot Vanguard, Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, League of Legends, Battle.net, Dirt Rally 2.0 and more.
See the Wine 5.12 release notes here.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Arehandoro Jul 4, 2020
Thanks Linux, thanks VXDK, thanks Proton, thanks Steam, thanks Wine* and thanks CodeWeavers.
* Also thanks to the real wine, which that last French glass was very tasty.
armageddon51 Jul 9, 2020
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