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Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 31 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Why does this headline read like an overstated CV achievement?

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    • [+] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)
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    • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    Nice. I mean. massieve

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    [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    Resident Evil Revelations Circle Pad Pro for the 3DS spotted

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    [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    How does this compare to valve's proton for running Windows programs?

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Proton is Wine with dipping sauces and gaming stuff. When it comes to running Windows Programs they'll run basically the same things.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    Not necessarily.

    I've had a couple instances where a game would run in Wine but not in Proton or even GE-Proton.

    It was Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Lol. In Proton (or GE-Proton), the game would run but it wouldn't save games, not even autosaves. But I played it using Wine and it worked totally fine.

    My point is it's very rare but it can happen.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Good point.

    Ironically .. i've played exactly the same game in Proton on Steamdeck (I'm assuming that's using Proton; i did not check TBH) just few weeks ago and it all worked just fine. Maybe they fixed it in the meantime or it depends...

    (But yeah your point stands.)

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    There have been plenty of similar techniques (esync and fsync) in Proton for years. That's basically why the work was started to get this into Wine in the first place.

    The way I understand it this is proper support in the kernel and Wine. So you will still get some improvement. But it won't be any way nearly as large as the article suggests.

    I bet those patches are already in Proton-GE or at least GE is likely already working on adding them. For Valve's Proton I suspect they will be added for version 11 or 12 at the latest.

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    • [–] -5 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    Basic Windows 95-era GUIs made with standard Windows APIs still look broken.

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