Wine 11.0 arrives with a year of development work, more than six thousand changes, and broad improvements across graphics, WoW64 compatibility, gaming, and system performance. From Vulkan and Direct3D tweaks to new Wayland desktop features and better device support, this release marks a confident leap forward for Windows application support on Linux.

Wine fans have a reason to smile today. Wine 11.0 is finally here, and it is a big deal for anyone running Windows software on Linux. After a full year of work, more than six thousand code changes, and hundreds of bug fixes, Wine is moving forward in a way that feels like a turning point. This release tightens up major subsystems, improves performance, expands hardware support, and carries a big win for compatibility. If you have been waiting for Wine to feel smoother and a little less fussy, 11.0 might be the moment you jump back in.

  • e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de
    88·
    20 days ago

    Still one of my favourite WTF moments for Windows.
    Whats in the System32 folder? 64 bit dlls. Whats in SysWOW64? 32 bit dlls.

    Yes I know that WOW64 stands for WindowsOnWindows64 but its still hilariously misleading.

    • Heavybell@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      I have had situations where I’ve explained this multiple times to people while helping them manually install the DXVK Async fork into their wine prefix and they still get it backwards.