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Wine 8.8 is out now with more PE work, initial support for ARM64EC modules

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2023

Time for a bit of weekend Wine? The translation layer for running Windows games and apps on Linux and other platforms development release v8.8 is out now.

DXVK 2.2 released supporting D3D11On12, plus improvements for game launchers

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2023

DXVK translates Direct3D 9 / 10 and 11 into Vulkan for Proton and Wine, used on Linux desktop and Steam Deck for gaming.

Direct3D 8 to Vulkan translator D8VK 'production-ready' 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 10 May 2023

D8VK translates Direct3D 8 to Vulkan, just like DXVK for Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 and VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 used with Wine and Proton on Linux and Steam Deck. Fantastic to see the progress on this.

Goodbye to Roblox on Linux with their new anti-cheat and Wine blocking

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2023

You might have seen recently that I covered the upcoming updates for Roblox, and now it's here blocking Wine with their new anti-cheat.

Compatibility layer Wine release v8.7 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2023

Wine, the compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux has a fresh development release up with version 8.7.

Roblox intentionally blocking Linux with Wine in their new update

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2023

It seems the days of using workarounds to play Roblox on Linux may be coming to an abrupt end, with the upcoming launch of their new client blocking Linux intentionally.

Wine 8.6 out now with bundled Musl math library

By Liam Dawe, 15 Apr 2023

After another ~2 weeks, the latest development release is out for the Windows translation layer with Wine 8.6.

Linux and Steam Deck compatibility tool helper ProtonUp-Qt v2.8.0 out now

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2023

ProtonUp-Qt gives you a hassle-free way to install various compatibility tools like GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and others for Steam, Lutris and the Heroic Games Launcher.

Windows translation layer Wine 8.5 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 3 Apr 2023

The Wine 8.5 development release is now available for this translation layer, enabling Windows games and other apps to work on Linux.

vkd3d 1.7 is out now for the Wine translation layer

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2023

The Wine team just announced the release of vkd3d version 1.7, their Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation layer.

Wine 8.4 rolls out with initial Wayland graphics driver work

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2023

The Wine 8.4 development release is out now for this Windows translation layer, part of what makes Steam Play Proton tick.

Wine development release v8.3 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 6 Mar 2023

Wine, the translations layer that allows Windows apps and games to run on other operating systems, that forms part of Steam Play Proton has version 8.3 out now.

Wayland driver for Wine is getting closer

By Liam Dawe, 27 Feb 2023

Back late last year, Collabora developer Alexandros Frantzis blogged about a whole lot of work going into getting full Wayland support for Wine and now a big first step towards it being included in Wine is happening.

Wine 8.2 rolls out along with a new Proton Experimental update

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2023

Today we've seen an update for two translation layers. Wine has development release 8.2 available, and there's an update for Proton Experimental too.

D8VK is an in-progress implementation of Direct3D 8 for DXVK

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2023

While we have VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 to Vulkan and DXVK for Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation, what about Direct3D 8? D8VK is an upcoming in-progress project for that.

Wine 8.1 released starting another year of Windows to Linux translation work

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2023

The Wine 8.1 development release is now available, starting off another year of new features landing usually bi-weekly for the Windows translation layer used in Proton.

Direct3D to Vulkan translator DXVK 2.1 adds HDR support, improves shader stutter issue

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2023

DXVK, one of the secret sauces included with the Proton compatibility layer, has a big new release out now. DXVK 2.1 adds in some big new features like HDR!

Wine 8.0 is out now with major compatibility improvements

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2023

Wine 8.0 is out now, a big improvement over the last stable release with many upgrades for Windows to Linux compatibility across thousands of games and apps.

Rocket League is getting additional anti-cheat functionality

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2023

In a move that could cause issues for Linux desktop and Steam Deck gamers, Rocket League is going to introduce new anti-cheat measures.

GameImage turns games, emulators and Wine into an AppImage - useful perhaps for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2023

Formerly named Agape, GameImage is a way to package up games with either Wine or an Emulator into a portable AppImage that could be useful for the Steam Deck.

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