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

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2021

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, 26 Sep 2021

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, 23 Sep 2021

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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, 20 Sep 2021

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, 10 Sep 2021

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, 28 Aug 2021

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, 21 Aug 2021

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, 21 Aug 2021

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.

Wine 6.15 is out seeing more PE library conversions, work for the GDI syscall interface

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2021

The latest and greatest development release is available for Wine so you can defeat those Sunday blues with some tasty fresh bottled code. Wine 6.15 brings various new features and bug fixes.

CodeWeavers announce CrossOver 21.0 is out now with Wine 6.0 and DXVK 1.7

By Liam Dawe, 4 Aug 2021

CodeWeavers, the company the sponsors the Wine project and employs multiple of the developers has announced the release of their CrossOver 21.0 release.

Proton 6.14 GE-2 and Wine 6.14 GE-2 are out, easily update Proton GE with ProtonUp

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2021

Multiple updates to community-built versions of Proton and Wine, along with a very interesting bit of software to help you upgrade Proton GE called ProtonUp.

Wine 6.14 released with Mono updates, more prep work for GDI syscall interface

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jul 2021

The Wine hackers have today popped open another bottle to let it breathe for a bit, with the development build Wine 6.14 now available for testing.

Proton Experimental updated for Microsoft Flight Simulator, Origin fixes

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2021

Here we go again, ahead of the weekend a fresh version of Proton Experimental has gone live allowing you to test the latest adjustments for playing Windows games on Linux.

Proton 6.13 GE-1 is out now with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, Resizable BAR

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2021

Proton GE, the community-made version of Proton with a bunch of enhancements has a new release out with Proton-6.13-GE-1 pulling in a bunch of advanced features and fixes.

DXVK 1.9.1 is out for translating Direct3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2021

The DXVK project continues to mature its translation layer for Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan, something that can be used together with Wine and Proton (along with a few ports using it).

The Wine 6.13 development release is out now

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2021

The Wine hackers have released the latest development build with Wine 6.13 with plenty of new features and the usual assortment of bug fixes.

Proton Experimental adds VKD3D-Proton 2.4 and some more fixes

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2021

Another smaller update to Proton Experimental has arrived, the special version of Proton where the latest enhancements come in before rolling out to the main Proton builds.

Wine 6.12 is out now with theme work, Network Store Interface beginnings

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2021

The Wine 6.12 development release is out now, containing plenty more new features and bug fixes to help run Windows games and applications on Linux.

A busy weekend ahead perhaps? Steam Play Proton 6.3-5 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jun 2021

Valve announced the latest version of the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer is out now with 6.3-5. Update - 26/06/21: Proton Experimental also saw an update.