Wine 9.0-rc5 Released With 22 Fixes From Game Crashes To Performance Issues

Written by Michael Larabel in WINE on 12 January 2024 at 04:53 PM EST. 2 Comments
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The fifth release candidate of Wine 9.0 is now available for enjoying Windows games and applications on Linux, Chrome OS, and other platforms.

Over the past week Wine 9.0-rc5 has picked up 22 known fixes. We're working our way toward the Wine 9.0 stable release that should be out within the next couple of weeks.

Wine 9.0-rc5 fixes range from AArch64 (64-bit Arm) fixes to various software crashing on startup, performance regressions, and different game issues being resolved. The full list of fixes comprising Wine 9.0-rc5 can be found via WineHQ.org.

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Wine 9.0 is set to introduce the initial Wine Wayland driver, updated VKD3D for Direct3D 12 on Vulkan support, some prep work for HDR game support, continued ARM 64-bit work, renewed work on supporting the DirectMusic API, support to register URL protocol handlers on Linux, and countless fixes and other compatibility enhancements.
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