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Wine 9.3 out now with Internet Proxy support improvements, New HID pointer device driver

By Liam Dawe, 24 Feb 2024

Wine 9.3 has landed as another early development release of the Windows compatibility layer on the road to Wine 10 next year. Here's the highlights of what's changed.

CrossOver 24 released with Wine 9.0 - plus CodeWeavers still hiring developers

By Liam Dawe, 22 Feb 2024

CodeWeavers have announced the release of CrossOver 24, their application for managing games and applications designed for Windows installed with Wine on Linux and macOS.

Wine 9.2 brings Mono updates, system tray fixes and more

By Liam Dawe, 10 Feb 2024

Another development release of the Windows compatibility layer is here with Wine 9.2, bringing with it some new features and fixes so here's what's changed.

What to Expect From Wine on Wayland in 2024

By pleasereadthemanual, 31 Jan 2024

Collabora, the company responsible for developing Wine's Wayland driver and getting it into Wine proper, has just published Wine on Wayland: A year in review (and a look ahead).

Wine 9.1 released starting off another year of development

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jan 2024

Following the stable Wine 9.0 release recently, we've just now had the Wine 9.1 development release kicking off another year and starting the road to Wine 10.0 since they do one stable Wine release each year.

Proposed Windows NT sync driver brings big Wine / Proton performance improvements

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2024

Zeb Figura of CodeWeavers has proposed a Windows NT synchronization primitive driver to help performance of running games and applications designed for Windows on Linux with Wine / Proton.

Wine 9.0 brings much improved Windows app and game compatibility to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2024

It's here! The official release of Wine 9.0 has now been made available, bringing the next-generation of Windows compatibility to Linux for apps and games.

League of Legends likely unplayable on Linux / Steam Deck soon due to Vanguard anti-cheat

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2024

A day we expected to come but now Riot Games have formally announced that their Vanguard kernel-level anti-cheat is coming to League of Legends, and so it will make it unplayable on Linux.

Mobile Suit Baba combines Baba Is You puzzling with Into the Breach strategy

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2024

Indie developer Hempuli Oy has released a follow-up to their incredible puzzle game Baba Is You, this time taking the idea of Into the Breach from Subset Games and putting a new spin on it with Baba Is You word rules.

Wine 9.0 Release Candidate 2 now available, plus VKD3D-Proton 2.11.1 out now

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2023

We're reaching the end-game now Wine fans, the time for Wine 9.0 to release is quickly approaching with a second Release Candidate now available. Plus VKD3D-Proton also had a small update recently too!

Wine 9.0 has a first Release Candidate released

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2023

The time is approaching for the next major version bump to the Windows compatibility layer Wine, with Wine 9.0 Release Candidate 1 now available.

Battle.net broke in Wine / Proton - here's how to fix for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2023

Ah launchers, don't you just love them? A reoccuring nuisance for Steam Deck and desktop Linux gaming is that they can and will break and the latest to break (again) is Battle.net. Here's how you can fix it for now.

Wine 8.21 brings High-DPI scaling and initial Vulkan support for Wayland

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2023

Wine 8.21 has rolled out as the latest development release and brings with it some nice sounding stuff, readying up for Wine 9.0 early next year.

Wine 8.20 brings DirectMusic improvements and preparations for Wine 9.0

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2023

We're getting close to the end of 2023 now and so the preparations for the Wine 9.0 release are starting and the Wine 8.20 development release is out now.

CodeWeavers are hiring for a Wine / Proton developer

By Liam Dawe, 6 Nov 2023

If you're a programmer looking for your next challenge - how about this! CodeWeavers are hiring a full-time position for a developer to work on Wine, Proton and their own CrossOver product.

Wine 8.19 out now with Mono updates and more DirectMusic work

By Liam Dawe, 30 Oct 2023

The Windows compatibility later Wine version 8.19 is out now as the latest development release on the road to Wine 9.0. Here's what's changed.

Wine 8.18 brings more Wayland work

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2023

Wine 8.18 is the latest development release of Wine now available, bringing with it the continued work to provide full Wayland support but still plenty of work ahead on that.

Wine 8.17 is out with vkd3d v1.9 and initial Wayland window management

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2023

The compatibility layer Wine version 8.17 is officially out now that brings with it some exciting new features, along with some bug fixes so here's what's new.

DXVK 2.3 has game fixes for The Sims 2, Tomb Raider Anniversary, Far Cry 2

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2023

Somehow, I missed that DXVK 2.3 went out last week. So here's a run over what's new for this Vulkan-based translation layer that converts Direct3D 9/10/11 for Wine and Proton.