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Games: Wine 8.2 Released, All Your Base Are Belong to Us — Zero Wing, and More (UPDATED)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 18, 2023,

updated Mar 01, 2023

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WineHQ - News - Wine 8.2 Released

=>↺ WineHQ - News - Wine 8.2 Released

> The Wine development release 8.2 is now available.

> What's new in this release:

> Better debug information in Wow64 mode. Wow64 thunks in the WPCAP library. Indeo IV50 codec support. Monitor names set from EDID data. Various bug fixes.

> The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

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Wine 8.2 rolls out along with a new Proton Experimental update

=>↺ Wine 8.2 rolls out along with a new Proton Experimental update

> Today we've seen an update for two translation layers. Wine has development release 8.2 available, and there's an update for Proton Experimental too.

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A new Civilization game is in development and XCOM designer leaves Firaxis

=>↺ A new Civilization game is in development and XCOM designer leaves Firaxis

> 2K sent out a press release today confirming a number of things including a new Civilization game is on the way.

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All Your Base Are Belong to Us — Zero Wing (and other classics) hit Steam

=>↺ All Your Base Are Belong to Us — Zero Wing (and other classics) hit Steam

> Zero Wing along with other shoot 'em up classics Out Zone, Twin Cobra and Truxton from Toaplan and Bitwave Games have their brand new PC releases out.

UPDATE

Also about Wine:

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Wine development release 8.2 is now available for Linux FreeBSD and macOS

=>↺ Wine development release 8.2 is now available for Linux FreeBSD and macOS

> The Wine development release 8.2 is now available. What's new in this release:Better debug information in Wow64 mode.Wow64 thunks in the WPCAP library.Indeo IV50 codec support.Monitor names set from EDID data.Various bug fixes. The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

=>↺ available now

More coverage:

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No More Windows Woes: Wine 8.2 Brings Better Compatibility for Linux Users

=>↺ No More Windows Woes: Wine 8.2 Brings Better Compatibility for Linux Users

> Wine is the perfect solution for Linux and Unix-like operating systems, providing seamless compatibility with Windows applications without needing a virtual machine or emulation. This remarkable compatibility layer achieves this by translating Windows API calls into their appropriate system calls on those platforms, enabling you to run your favorite software natively.

The Register:

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WINE gets support for Wayland • The Register

=>↺ WINE gets support for Wayland • The Register

> With WINE 8 out, the team is merging in the code changes to add support for the Wayland display server protocol.

> Although the process began last Friday, the introductory notes on the merge do say: "This is the first of (many) parts in the upstreaming of the Wayland driver for Wine." WINE 8.0 came out just a month earlier so this functionality will take a while to make it into the mainstream. WINE 7.0 appeared about one year earlier so this will probably appear in WINE 9.0 at the start of 2024.

> Wayland is getting increasingly common: it's the default display server for most GNOME-based distros now. Ubuntu made it the default in version 21.04, and Fedora way back in version 25. However, most still include the XWayland layer to support legacy X11 apps. So while WINE can run on Wayland-based distros right now, that only works via translation. The new code will make WINE talk directly to the new display server without going through this intermediary.

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