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Wine 7.0 is officially out now bringing better compatibility

By Liam Dawe,
Just over a year since the last major version bump, Alexandre Julliard has announced the final release of Wine 7.0.

ProtonUp-Qt adds support for Lutris Flatpak, new batch update feature

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt is the fantastic and simple way to download and upgrade the Linux compatibility tools Proton-GE, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron or Roberta for Steam and works with both Lutris and Heroic Games Launcher too.

DXVK 1.9.3 is out supporting DLSS, D3D9 improvements and more

By Liam Dawe,
DXVK, the Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 for Wine / Proton has version 1.9.3 out now.

Collabora's work on a Wayland driver for Wine is coming along nicely

By Liam Dawe,
To end the year the open source consulting firm Collabora, who often works with Valve, has written up a fresh post with a video to show off their Wayland driver for Wine.

Wine 7.0 gets a second Release Candidate with bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine team has put out a second Release Candidate for what will eventually turn into a Wine 7.0 stable release in early 2022.

Amazon hiring for Proton / Wine and Linux developers for streaming service Luna

By Liam Dawe,
Despite Luna originally using Windows for Amazon's game streaming service, it appears they may be moving over to Linux and they're looking to hire people to work on Proton / Wine and give back to open source.

Use Wine for gaming on Linux? Try out Bottles

By Liam Dawe,
Bottles isn't exactly a new Linux application but it's one I had only heard about recently. It's been advancing a lot in the last year and it's really looking great.

Windows compatibility layer Wine version 7.0 gets a first Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
Another year of work has nearly come and gone with the biweekly development releases of Wine, so a new main release is on the way with Wine 7.0 seeing a first Release Candidate.

Wine 6.23 is out now continuing the PE conversion work

By Liam Dawe,
Another two weeks and more fixes coming in, the Wine 6.23 release is officially out now with new features and bug fixes.

Wine 6.22 is out bringing Mono 7, more Joystick work

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine hackers continue to be exceptionally busy trying to catch up with Windows and a new development release is out with Wine 6.22.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 6.21 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
More fixes and new features are ready for another development release with Wine 6.21 going out, the compatibility layer for Windows games and applications.

Wine 6.20 rolls out continuing the PE module conversion

By Liam Dawe,
Just before the weekend landed the Wine team released Wine 6.20 as the latest development version with all the latest code.

Wine 6.19 is out new with more joystick work, more modules converted to PE

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 6.19 development release is out now following more weeks of hacking away trying to create the best possible Windows compatibility layer.

Wine 6.18 is out now with HID joystick enabled by default

By Liam Dawe,
The latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine for running Windows games and applications on Linux is out now with Wine 6.18.

Epic Games announce full Easy Anti-Cheat support for Linux including Wine & Proton

By Liam Dawe,
Today, Easy Anti-Cheat from Epic Games / Epic Online Services has officially announced a full expansion for Linux including native builds and Wine + Proton. This is big for Linux Gaming and the Steam Deck.

DXVK 1.9.2 goes out with improvements to CPU overhead for D3D9

By Liam Dawe,
DXVK, one of the major parts of Steam Play Proton that translates Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan has a new release out and there's plenty of nice fixes.

Wine development release 6.17 is out with continued work for the GDI syscall interface

By Liam Dawe,
Here we are again time to stop and re-wine. Another development release of the Wine compatibility layer has become available with Wine 6.17 having the bottle popped open today.

Wine 6.16 is out now with initial HID-based joystick backend work

By Liam Dawe,
Another biweekly development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine is out now with Wine 6.16.

CodeWeavers still hiring for a 'General Wine Developer' to work on Wine and Proton

By Liam Dawe,
CodeWeavers announced recently they need a bit of help on finding more developers, with a spot still currently open for a 'General Wine Developer' who will work on Wine and Proton.

Steam Play Proton 6.3-6 is out now with lots of fixes and new game support

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the Release Candidate testing earlier this month, Steam Play Proton 6.3-6 has rolled out to improve Windows games running on Linux.
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