Valve's Proton 11 beta boosts Linux gaming with better performance and classic game support
The compatibility layer is growing in both scope and reliability for Windows games
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Wine 11.0 released with performance gains and WoW64 completion
Wine 11, the latest release of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux, introduces NTSYNC support and completes the new WoW64 architecture, delivering notable performance and compatibility improvements across Vulkan, Direct3D, and system integration.
Nine out of ten Windows games can now run on Linux, data shows
Is 2026 the year Linux breaks through for PC gaming?
Game On: Compatibility between gaming applications and Linux operating systems keeps improving. According to recent statistics, most players can now expect to run the majority of their gaming sessions on an open source operating system. Only a few stubborn exceptions are still resisting this new reality.
Windows on Arm users now spend 90% of time in native apps, says Arm
Arm claims that the top 100 most-used apps are now native
Wine 10.0 arrives with a performance and compatibility boost
Wine 10.0, the latest release of the compatibility layer for running Windows applications on Linux, brings improved 64-bit x86 emulation, full ARM64EC support, and revamped high-DPI scaling, as well as an initial revision of a Bluetooth driver.
Intel could have beaten AMD to 64-bit transition but wrongly chose not to, engineers reveal
The company was too focused on Itanium business prospects back in the day
PC compatibility for PS VR2 is one step closer with recent adapter certification
PS VR2 headsets may start performing double duty any day now
Apple worked on Android compatibility for the Apple Watch for three years before abandoning the project
Should companies be forced to make product that are compatible with their competitors?
CrossOver 23 adds DirectX 12 support to macOS
CrossOver lets you run Windows apps and games seamlessly on macOS without Windows. CrossOver 23 has been updated with Wine 8.0.1 and initial support for DirectX 12 games, including Diablo IV.
You can now turn your old Mac or PC into a Chromebook with the public release of ChromeOS Flex
May even prove useful in some enterprise situations
iPadOS 16 has a handful of features that are only available on M1 iPads
Should you upgrade? Short answer: Yes. If any of these features are important to you
The Xbox app will now tell you how well a game will run on your PC
Microsoft introducing a basic performance label
Enthusiast manages to run Windows 11 on a single-core Intel Pentium 4 chip from 15 years ago
What Windows 11 hardware requirements?
Ubisoft is unsure which of its PS4 games will run on the PlayStation 5
Last week it said there were nine incompatible titles, but that proved to be an inaccurate list
Why AMD's superior compatibility could end – and it's all your fault
Commitment to support the AM4 platform until at least 2020 is bringing some headaches, but...
Modders get Coffee Lake CPU running on 200/100-series chipset motherboards
Explain this, Intel