Wine 11.22 has been released as the latest version of the widely used compatibility layer that allows Windows applications and games to run on Linux, macOS, and other Unix-like systems.
The update introduces support for AVX instructions when emulating x86 applications on ARM64 systems. Advanced Vector Extensions is an instruction set used by some Windows applications and games for computationally intensive operations, and its inclusion expands the range of x86 software that can run through Wine’s emulation on ARM-based hardware.
Wine 11.22 also introduces address space randomization, a security mechanism that makes memory layouts less predictable. Other improvements include updated locale data based on Unicode CLDR 49, more accurate glyph metrics for the Tahoma font, and a reimplementation of Document Type Definition validation in MSXML.
Gaming compatibility receives several fixes, particularly for Wine’s Vulkan renderer. Dragon Age: Origins previously crashed during introductory and loading sequences due to unsupported L8 textures, while Alan Wake and Alan Wake’s American Nightmare failed to start because of an unsupported D24X8 depth format.
The update also fixes broken character models and animations in Black Mirror II and III, along with a missing RGB565 Vulkan swapchain fallback causing crashes in multiple games. Separate fixes resolve launch problems affecting Guild Wars 2 and F.E.A.R. 3, while an implementation issue in the Windows Speech API that disrupted Overwatch 2’s audio captions has been addressed.
Outside gaming, Wine 11.22 fixes several application-specific problems. Notepad++ receives a correction for an incorrectly displayed menu bar, while WinSCP no longer crashes when opening its About dialog, a regression introduced in Wine 11.11. FreeCommander also gets a fix for startup crashes when configured to use a Windows version newer than Windows XP.
Several issues affecting Logos Bible Software have been resolved, including graphical glitches, flickering menus, startup failures, and crashes when accessing the application’s AI assistant. Other fixes address problems with Samsung Magician 9, the Razer installer, CloneCD, and ImgBurn.
At the system level, the release includes fixes for thread-handling problems in Wine’s server infrastructure, missing Windows Management Instrumentation properties, and support for importing ECDSA keys in the Windows cryptography implementation.
For more information, see the release notes. The source code for Wine 11.22 is available for download, and binary packages for supported Linux distributions will be provided through the project’s package repositories.
