WINE (WINE Is Not an Emulator) for Windows Apps on Linux

by Mokurai for Tuxville

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One of the essential stages in migrating from Windows to Linux is dealing with Windows-only apps. For this we have Codeweavers WINE, which replaces Windows system calls with combinations of Linux system calls. There is also an Open Source version of WINE, with somewhat less support for the more difficult Windows apps.

CodeWeavers is a small company based in St Paul, Minnesota that enables customers to run Windows programs on macOS, Linux and Android using the open source Wine technology.

Wine 10.4

Release notes

The Wine development release 10.4 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Improvements to PDB support in DbgHelp.

More Vulkan video decoder support in WineD3D.

Accessibility support in the SysLink control.

More progress on the Bluetooth driver.

Various bug fixes.

The source is available at https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/10.x/wine-10.4.tar.xz

Binary packages for various distributions will be availablefrom the respective download sites.

You will find documentation here.

WineHQ

This is the Wine Application Database (AppDB). Here you can get information on application compatibility with Wine.

Most of the features of the Application Database require that you have a user account and are logged in. Some of the benefits of membership are:

Ability to vote on your favorite applications

Ability to customize the layout and behavior of the AppDB and comments system

Take credit for your witty posts

Ability to sign up to be an application maintainer

Submit new applications and versions

Submit new screenshots

So, what are you waiting for?

or

now! Your help in stomping out Wine issues will be greatly appreciated.

There are 29,533 applications currently in the database, with Final Fantasy XI Online Final Fantasy XI being the top voted application.

WINE developers, paid by Codeweavers or members of the community, are constantly working on the more recalcitrant Windows apps. Those at all familiar with development tools can peruse the git bug database for specifics.