Category: Wine

Another biweekly release of the compatibility layer Wine is out now! As the developers continue the progress towards getting Wine working fully with Wayland in version 8.12.

ProtonUp-Qt is the app that allows you to install the likes of GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and more for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron.

Want another free game? If you have Amazon Prime you can now claim a free copy of Prey from Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks with their GOG partnership.

The fourth part of an ongoing series of submission to Wine to get full Wayland support has been merged in.

Two bits of Wine news here for you as not only has the latest Wine development release been made with Wine 8.11 but vkd3d 1.8 is out now too.

Another development release has landed for the compatibility layer Wine with 8.10 out now, here's a run over what's new and improved in the latest.

The latest biweekly development release for the Windows translation tool Wine is out, Wine 8.9 as usual brings new features and fixes that will eventually make their way into Steam Play Proton.

The ongoing work bit by bit to get Wine and Wayland to fully work together on Linux has taken another step, with a third big merge request accepted.

After 27 years, Jeremy White is leaving CodeWeavers, the company who oversee and fund Wine development and also work on Proton with Valve for the Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

The situation is currently a bit messy, with conflicting statements but it appears that Roblox should work again on Linux / Steam Deck with Wine eventually.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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