![]() Firstly, users looking to switch to Linux will have an easier time running their games that are yet playable on Linux. While these incremental improvements for game support may seem small (at first), the cumulative improvements for game support will allow for many of these games to ‘just run’ when released.” “In the coming months, CodeWeavers will have support for DirectX 11 better controller support and further improvements to overall GPU performance. CodeWeavers have developed what is needed for WINE to support full DirectX 11 (and I assume DirectX 10 as well). Good progress has been made but nothing major has been released that allows the entire API to be used. However, DirectX 10 and 11 aren't quite there yet. ![]() Support for anything up to DirectX 9 is fine and in some cases, for older games, you will have a better experience running that game on Linux via WINE then you would on newer versions of Windows. CrossOvers is a paid piece of software but there are some free alternatives such as PlayOnLinux. They develop a piece of software known as CrossOver which will do all the configuration work for you via custom patches to WINE that fixes bugs for a certain game or adds a feature in that hasn't been implemented into the main WINE release branches yet. A lot of games require special configurations to WINE hich can break other games. It is very popular amongst gamers looking to run their Windows-only games on Linux.įor the large part this is perfectly fine to do but as you try to run more and more games, you do run into more and more issues. WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is a compatibility layer that allows Windows programs to run on non-Windows operating systems. If you have run Linux, chances are you know what WINE is and if you don't I'll explain it quickly. ![]() CodeWeavers are bringing DirectX 11 to Linux via the WINE compatibility layer.
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