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.

  • LeFantome@programming.dev
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    2 hours ago

    People do not realize that Windows has, and has had, other subsystems. So the name seems dumb.

    When you realize that as far back as 1993 there was:

    • subsystem for Win32
    • subsystem for POSIX
    • subsystem for OS/2

    then Subsystem for Linux does not seems as crazy.

    Having “for Windows” at the end sounds natural if you only have one but putting saying “Windows subsystem for” makes more sense when you realize there are a bunch of them.

    Regardless, the decision was made 30 years ago and not recently as people assume.