Wine 11.1 arrives as the first development build of 2026

By Liam Dawe - 26 Jan 2026 at 10:42 am UTC

After the big release of the stable Wine 11 earlier in January, the work begins again on development releases with Wine 11.1 now available. This compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux just continues to impress, along with being a massive part of Valve's Proton.

What's new in Wine 11.1:

Various changes that were deferred during code freeze.
More pixel format conversions in WindowsCodecs.
More work on ActiveX Data Objects (MSADO).
Various bug fixes.

22 bug fixes were noted including issues solved for: Microsoft .NET Framework, Project Cars 2, SnowRunner, Sacred Gold, Microsoft Edge, iTunes, Ubisoft Connect, Genshin Impact, GOG GALAXY and various others.

Source: Wine GitLab

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Misc, New Release, Open Source, Wine

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scaine 4 hours ago

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Wine 11 for Win 11. Incredible work from the team - the rate of progress just doesn't feel like it's ever let up since they moved to more a formal release schedule.

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