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

By Liam Dawe, Feb 3, 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, Jan 24, 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, Jan 24, 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, Jan 23, 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, Jan 17, 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.

Wine on Wayland sounds like it's coming along nicely

By Liam Dawe, Dec 13, 2022

Collabora have given an end of year update on how the work towards running the Windows compatibility layer on Wayland is coming along and it sounds good.

Windows compatibility layer Wine v8.0 has a first Release Candidate out

By Liam Dawe, Dec 9, 2022

Another year is coming to a close and so the team behind Wine, the Windows compatibility layer, are readying up for another major stable release with version 8.0.

Wine 7.22 out now with more 32bit on 64bit work

By Liam Dawe, Nov 28, 2022

The Wine 7.22 development release is now available for the open source Windows compatibility layer, as they continue working towards the Wine 8.0 release.

ProtonUp-Qt version 2.7.5 released for easy GE-Proton installs

By Liam Dawe, Nov 16, 2022

ProtonUp-Qt is a simple and easy to use application that helps you install various compatibility layers on Steam Deck and Linux desktop, with a new release version 2.7.5 out now.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 7.21 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Nov 14, 2022

Another fresh development release of Wine, the Windows compatibility layer has been released. Version 7.21 is out now.

Vulkan-based D3D9, 10 and 11 translation layer DXVK version 2.0 out now

By Liam Dawe, Nov 10, 2022

DXVK, the translation layer that converts Direct3D calls to Vulkan for use with Wine and Proton, has a big new release out with version 2.0. This is one of the ways that Proton performs so well for Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Access your Amazon Prime Gaming library on Linux with the Nile Project

By anewson, Nov 3, 2022

The Nile project makes it easy to access those Bezos freebies that Amazon Prime members have been accumulating.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 7.20 is out

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1, 2022

The Wine hackers have put out a new development build of the Windows compatibility layer in Wine 7.20.

Windows compatibility layer Wine version 7.19 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2022

Just before the weekend hit, a new development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine went up with version 7.19.

GE-Proton 7-37 is out now fixing up more games for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 10, 2022

GE-Proton (also known as Proton GE) as a community-built version of the Proton compatibility layer to run Windows games, with a new release out now and FSR is back.

Here's how to play Overwatch 2 on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 5, 2022

While you might struggle to get in due to ongoing server issues, Overwatch 2 is out now free to play and it can run quite nicely on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. Here's how to get Overwatch 2 installed and running.

Wine manager app Bottles gets some drag and drop fun

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4, 2022

Bottles is the awesome free and open source app to help you manage the Windows compatibility layer Wine. A fresh release is out now with version 2022.9.28.

Blizzard don't officially support Steam Deck / Linux but they still fix issues for it

By Liam Dawe, Sep 26, 2022

Recently, there were was an upgrade to the Battle.net client that caused it to break on Linux desktop / Steam Deck but it seems the issue is thankfully solved now.

Wine 7.18 rolls out with Unicode 15 support

By Liam Dawe, Sep 26, 2022

Wine, the translation layer that allows you to run applications and games designed for Windows on Linux has a new development release up with Wine 7.18.