At this point, and given the current state of Proton (👍) and the current state of Windows (👎), the question should be, “Does the new version of Wine run Windows apps better than Windows?”
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acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
i would hope every new version of wine runs windows apps in linux and mac better than ever.
Jrockwar@feddit.uk 2 days ago
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
With some apps/games it definitely feels like ir does. Would love to see someone dedicated do proper Wine vs windows benchmarks!
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
There are plenty of old applications that just do not run on windows 10/11 anymore at all. Wine and emulation is the only choice left for those.
setsubyou@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There were some last year specifically for games on SteamOS bs Windows, like this: arstechnica.com/…/games-run-faster-on-steamos-tha…
blaue_Fledermaus@olio.cafe 2 days ago
I’ve managed to run some old games on Linux with Bottles/Wine that didn’t work on Windows anymore.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Yes. It can run classic gaming that windows outright refuses to run. Wild
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 1 day ago
There used to be a Wine on Windows project because Wine was so much better at backwards compatibility.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Yes. Especially if said application was developed before 2010.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I misread the title at first and I genuinely thought that’s what this article was about.
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Proton works nicely in steam
Non steam games is an entirely different complicated issue (for some games)
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Heroic works great for pirated henrai games and GOG games.
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Epic and GOG work on Heroic just fine and I’ve run two standalone games (Elite Dangerous and ESO) using Lutris with no problems.
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
You can download Proton for use outside of Steam, I use it in Lutris and Bottles pretty regularly. Also, you should be able to get just about anything to run just as well in Bottles or Lutris as it will in steam, but I will admit it can take some tinkering with some games or software and there is a much easier option: Add “non-steam game” in Steam library and run whatever program you need through Steam anyway.
BlackDragon@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
What kind of complicated issue? Simply adding them as non-steam games seems to work fine. I’ve managed to get jank ass pirated 90s visual novels running, fan-patched, on a steam deck lmao
huquad@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
“Fastest iphone ever!” Yea I’d sure hope so being that it’s new and all
Matriks404@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It still probably doesn’t run two applications that I like to use, that is paint.net and latest free version of SketchUp (unavailable for download officially).
demonsword@lemmy.world 2 days ago
on average that’s the expected outcome, but sometimes there’s a regression here and there for specific apps
cley_faye@lemmy.world 1 day ago
We’re close to the Microsoft ecosystem here; newer version being better is not a given.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 days ago
The next headline is going to be that they run better in wine than in windows.
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Yeah, I think that’s the entire point of having a new version lol
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Bugs and forced regressions?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Patch notes: “Made the app a little worse just to keep things interesting.”
Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s the Microsoft strategy, but they forgot to make it better sometimes too
0ops@piefed.zip 2 days ago
It’s been Android too at least since they stopped naming versions after sweets
Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Kit Kat was the last great android version for me
BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.world 2 days ago
The Microsoft strategy often seems to be “It worked well, but we completely redid it because we need to justify out existence. Now it barely works with new bugs”
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
That’s more Google’s strategy. Microsoft is more “we updated a bunch of stuff so that we could push our products and services even harder” and closed workarounds people are using to avoid them, and if you don’t like it, fuck you, what’re you gonna do?”
confuser@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Rule #76: Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.
whaleross@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Wine 1.1, now with AI integration
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
The trick is that isn’t a capital i, it is a lowercase L. Now with AL integration. Every program you run just has a picture of Weird Al and a snippet of a random song from his greatest hits album as a splash screen.
slaughterhouse@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I’d run it.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 day ago
You son of a bitch. I’m in.