We're on the road to the release of Wine 11 early next year with the first Release Candidate now available for the Windows compatibility layer.

We’re on the road to the release of Wine 11 early next year with the first Release Candidate now available for the Windows compatibility layer. This is what Valve’s Proton is originally based on, and so eventually next year we’ll see Proton 11 too.

Now that this release is out, they will move onto a feature-freeze to focus on fixing up bugs.

The highlights of this Wine 11 RC 1 release include:

  • Mono engine updated to version 10.4.0.
  • Locale data updated to Unicode CLDR 48.
  • TWAINDSM module for scanner support on 64-bit.
  • Various bug fixes.

A few game fixes were noted for the likes of Oblivion, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, King’s Quest: Mask of Eternity and various others.

  • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
    54·
    23 days ago

    It’s amazing how the Wine developers still care for compatibility with older games. Oblivion is just a few months away from its 20th birthday.

    • Jyek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      26·
      23 days ago

      Kings quest: Mask of Eternity is from 98. I don’t even think that many people still play that very often. Compatibility is Wine’s thing.

  • njordomir@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    23 days ago

    I love that version number matchup. The way things are going, Wine 11 is looking like a better option than Win 11.