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What is Wine?

Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop.


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News and Updates

Wine 8.21 Released

November 24, 2023

The Wine development release 8.21 is now available.

What's new in this release:

  • High-DPI scaling and initial Vulkan support in the Wayland driver.
  • Beginnings of support for ARM64EC target.
  • Updates to the locale database.
  • Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Wine 8.20 Released

November 10, 2023

The Wine development release 8.20 is now available.

What's new in this release:

  • More DirectMusic implementation.
  • Protocol associations exported to the Unix desktop.
  • Code cleanups in preparation for code freeze.
  • Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Wine 8.19 Released

October 29, 2023

The Wine development release 8.19 is now available.

What's new in this release:

  • Mono engine updated to version 8.1.0.
  • More DirectMusic implementation.
  • Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

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