Wine 11.2 released
A new Wine development release (version 11.2) has been launched to improve startup speed and compatibility with modern MSVC-style constructors, allowing developers to shave off milliseconds from their launch time. The update focuses on optimizing PDB loading by reducing buffering costs, letting the C library call MSVC constructors without crashes, and streamlining version resource creation for easier custom Wine fork building. With this release, a dozen high-profile bugs have been fixed, including issues with osu! on Wayland no longer freezing and GTA San Andreas intro videos finally rendering instead of staying white. To install the update, users can download source tarballs from the official location or use binary packages available for various Linux distributions, following simple steps to get up and running.
Wine 11.2 released
Wine version 11.2 has been released, focusing on improving startup speed and compatibility with modern MSVC-style constructors to enhance overall performance. Key optimizations include faster parsing of PDB files, improved handling of MSVC constructors, and simplified version resource creation for custom Wine forks. The update also resolves several prominent bugs, such as crashes with osu! on Wayland and issues with GTA San Andreas intro videos not rendering correctly. Users can install the update via source tarballs or binary packages available for various Linux distributions, with quick tips provided for optimizing launch times
