Bottles 66.2 was released less than 24 hours after version 66.1, addressing six critical regressions and improving network calls for the Linux Wine and Proton manager. The hotfix resolves a bottle-deletion crash, restores custom Steam Runtime launch flags, and fixes case-sensitive DLL conflicts for XACT audio dependencies. Additionally, it enhances detection for NVIDIA's NVK Vulkan driver and improves the execution of external executables. This update is now available via Flatpak and cpak, ensuring stability for the community of over 143,000 users while they await the next major feature release
Bottles 66.2 Releases Hours After 66.1, Patching Steam Runtime and NVK Vulkan on Linux
Bottles 66.2 dropped less than 24 hours after version 66.1, patching six critical regressions and tightening network calls for the popular Linux Wine and Proton manager. The hotfix resolves a bottle-deletion crash for multi-drive setups, restores custom Steam Runtime launch flags, and finally handles case-sensitive DLL conflicts for the XACT audio dependency. Lead maintainer Mirko Brombin also merged patches that properly detect NVIDIA's open-source NVK Vulkan driver, move heavy network requests off the main UI thread, and revive the external executable launch workflow. The update is available now via Flatpak and cpak, keeping the 143,000-download-strong community on stable ground before the next major feature push lands.
