Software Update: Wine 6.19

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A new development build of Wine has been released with version number 6.19. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API and allows you to run DOS and Windows programs on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, and macOS. A large group of developers contribute to Wine and it has been decided to release a new so-called development version every two weeks instead of waiting for a number of new functions to be ready. A stable edition is published a few times a year. The database with applications that work under Wine, with or without the help of minor adjustments, contains 28,105 titles at the time of writing. Since version 6.16, the following changes and improvements have been made:

What’s new in release 6.19:

  • IPHlpApi, NsiProxy, WineDbg and a few other modules converted to PE.
  • More HID joystick work.
  • Kernel parts of GDI moved to Win32u.
  • More work towards Dwarf 3/4 debug support.
  • Various bug fixes

What’s new in release 6.18:

  • Shell32 and WineBus libraries converted to PE.
  • Unicode data updated to Unicode version 14.
  • Mono engine updated to version 6.4.0, with COM improvements.
  • More work towards Dwarf 3/4 debug support.
  • HID joystick enabled by default.
  • Various bug fixes

What’s new in release 6.17:

  • WineCfg program converted to PE.
  • Better high-DPI support in built-in applications.
  • More preparation work for the GDI syscall interface.
  • Improved debugger support in Wow64 mode.
  • Various bug fixes

Version number 6.17
Release status unstable
Operating systems Linux, BSD, macOS, Solaris
Website Wine HQ
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License type GPL
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