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What is Wine?

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, macOS, & BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop.


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News and Updates

Wine 10.0-rc5 Released

January 10, 2025

The Wine development release 10.0-rc5 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

  • Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

Wine 10.0-rc4 Released

January 3, 2025

The Wine development release 10.0-rc4 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

  • Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

Wine 10.0-rc3 Released

December 20, 2024

The Wine development release 10.0-rc3 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

  • Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

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