The Wine Project, a compatibility layer renowned for enabling Linux and macOS users to run Windows applications, has officially released version 10.15 as the fifteenth maintenance update to the stable 10.x series.
One of the main highlights is that Wine’s Unicode character tables have been updated to version 17.0.0, keeping it in line with the latest Unicode standard. On top of that, packaging services now support Zip64, which helps when dealing with larger archives.
As usual, the release also comes with bug fixes—16 in total. Some of these address long-standing issues, such as Steam failing to launch, Sims 2 black-screen problems when using older Nvidia drivers, and crashes in CapCut.
Plus, there’s also a fix for a regression in Visual Studio 2005, plus patches for Wayland and X11 cursor handling.
Other fixes include improvements for command-line parsing in cmd, better handling when AVX isn’t available, and a resource leak fix in Wayland cursor handling. In short, it’s a typical development snapshot, but one that clears up some issues people have been having.
For more information, visit the announcement. Wine 10.14’s source code can be downloaded from GitLab’s project page for those interested in trying out or upgrading their current installation. The binary packages for various distributions are expected to be available shortly.
