Wine 10.6 Dev / Wine 10.0 Stable

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, Mac and BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly.

It eliminates the performance and memory penalties of other methods. Also it allows you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop.

This program does not require Microsoft Windows. As it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code, however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available.

Windows programs running in Wine act as native programs would, running without the performance or memory usage penalties of an emulator, with a similar look and feel to other applications on your desktop.

Wine began in 1993 under the initial coordination of Bob Amstadt as a way to support running Windows 3.1 programs on Linux. Very early on, leadership over app’s development passed to Alexandre Julliard, who has managed the project ever since.

Benefits:

• It is Open Source Software. Therefore you can extend it to suit your needs or have one of many companies do it for you.
• It can also be used to make existing Windows applications available on the Web by using VNC and its Java/HTML5 client.
• Makes it possible to take advantage of all the Unix strong points (stability, flexibility, remote administration) while still using the Windows applications you depend on.
• Unix has always made it possible to write powerful scripts. The app makes it possible to call Windows applications from scripts. That can also leverage the Unix environment to its full extent.
• Makes it possible to access Windows applications remotely. Even if they are a few thousand miles away.
• Makes it economical to use thin clients. Simply install this app on a Linux server, and voila, you can access these Windows applications from any X terminal.

Changes in version 10.6 Dev:

• New lexer in Command Processor.
• PBKDF2 algorithm in Bcrypt.
• More support for image metadata in WindowsCodecs.
• Various bug fixes.

Changes in version 10.5 Dev:

• Support for larger page sizes on ARM64.
• Mono engine updated to version 10.0.0.
• Pairing support in the Bluetooth driver.
• Vulkan H.264 decoding.
• %GS register swapping on macOS.
• Various bug fixes.

Changes in version 10.4 Dev:

• 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.

Changes in version 10.3 Dev:

• Clipboard support in the Wayland driver.
• Initial Vulkan video decoder support in WineD3D.
• Bundled Compiler-RT library for ARM builds.
• Header fixes for Winelib C++ support.
• More progress on the Bluetooth driver.
• Various bug fixes.

Changes in version 10.2 Dev:

• Bundled vkd3d upgraded to version 1.15.
• Support for setting thread priorities.
• New Wow64 mode can be enabled dynamically.
• More progress on the Bluetooth driver.
• Various bug fixes.

What’s New in Version 10.0:

Homepage – https://www.winehq.org

WINE is FREE software, which enables Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Solaris users to run Windows applications without a copy of Microsoft Windows.

Size: 30.7 MB

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