Wine 10.0 launches with enhanced compatibility for Windows apps on Linux

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The Wine team has announced the release of Wine 10.0, with several important improvements to enable Windows applications to run seamlessly on Linux systems. The latest version comes with over 6,000 changes across the board.

Wine 10.0 is a major milestone for ARM support

Wine 10.0 aims to improve the functionality and broadening compatibility of Windows apps, particularly for users on ARM-based devices. One area improves the running of aplications on ARM machines.

One of the most notable features of Wine 10.0 is the support for Arm64EC, which stands for Arm Emulation Compatible, an application binary interface (ABI) for Arm devices. The new version of Wine allows users to run x86 apps on ARM devices natively; yes this supports 64-bit x86 emulation.

The update also introduces better support for the Wayland graphics driver, replacing the traditional X Window System (X11) with OpenGL compatibility. Users can choose between the default X11 or the Wayland driver as required. Furthermore, the update also brings significant improvements to graphics driver support, particularly enhancements for high-DPI displays, and non-DPI aware windows. Users may want to check out the Joystick Control Panel applet called joy.cpl to manage some advanced settings.

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