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Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive
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this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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Note that this is compared to vanilla. Most real users of Wine are already taking advantage of other optimizations like fsync, and will experience much more modest gains relative to this comparison point.
True. But a better base is still a better base. And this is excellent to see regardless.