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Wine 9.0 Major Release: Best New Features

posted by Arindam Giri on Jan 17, 2024,
updated Jan 17, 2024

Wine 9.0 has hit the shelves, marking a significant milestone in bridging the gap between Windows and Unix environments. This release includes over 7,000 individual changes made over a year of development.

With many new features and improvements, this latest version promises to elevate your experience and extend compatibility across various platforms.

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Wine 9.0 released

Version 9.0 of the Wine Windows-compatibility system has been released. ""This release represents a year of development effort and over 7,000 individual changes. It contains a large number of improvements that are listed below. The main highlights are the new WoW64 architecture and the experimental Wayland driver.""

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