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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Wine 11 brings huge WoW64 overhaul, NTSYNC boost, and better gaming on Linux (nerds.xyz)

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Wine fans have a reason to smile today. Wine 11.0 is finally here, and it is a big deal for anyone running Windows software on Linux. After a full year of work, more than six thousand code changes, and hundreds of bug fixes, Wine is moving forward in a way that feels like a turning point. This release tightens up major subsystems, improves performance, expands hardware support, and carries a big win for compatibility. If you have been waiting for Wine to feel smoother and a little less fussy, 11.0 might be the moment you jump back in.

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[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Still one of my favourite WTF moments for Windows.
Whats in the System32 folder? 64 bit dlls. Whats in SysWOW64? 32 bit dlls.

Yes I know that WOW64 stands for WindowsOnWindows64 but its still hilariously misleading.

[–] Goodeye8@piefed.social 4 points 1 hour ago

Everything about windows is misleading. There are windows settings that require doing some sort of an windows inception where you open one settings to go deeper into an older version of the same settings to go deeper into an even older version of the same settings until you reach something that was designed for Windows 98 and actually works. With every newer windows version the settings become only more and more convoluted. Thank god I've switched to Linux as my daily driver.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 36 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Stahp, my games already perform better on linux with wine then they did on windows at this rate…

Actually please keep going !!!

[–] evol@lemmy.today 11 points 2 hours ago

Are you tired of winning yet

[–] bw42@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Already downloaded and built it on Slackware.

Was able to get Fallout 3 running on it without mods or community patches. Working fairly well, as long as its run windowed fullscreen I can tab out and back without it crashing.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Fallout 3

I remember playing Fallout 3 through wine on my Macbook Pro ages ago, it worked ok but crashed often. Well, given the circumstances it was more than good enough.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 hour ago

It crashed a lot when I played it on windows too. I tried playing it a couple of times, but always gave up partway through because it kept crashing. There are some mods that are supposed to help with stability, I should try it again and see if they fix it.

[–] kali_fornication@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Linux gaming? I just play HKIA on my macbook

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

Anyone know if this can already be updated to with home brew on Mac,

I use wine for Sumatrapdf