Wine 11.21 is the next bi-weekly dev release, two weeks after 11.20, with Wine 12.0 expected early next year.
What’s new
- Support for the MESA_map_buffer_client_pointer OpenGL extension, which should speed up 32-bit OpenGL in WoW64 setups.
- An initial Voice Capture DSP library.
- Better user account support.
- 20 bug fixes, including Shift+Ctrl+Tab, Cinebench 2026, Skyrim SE and World of Tanks.
My take
WoW64 is where Wine is headed, so closing the 32-bit OpenGL performance gap matters for older games. Dev builds are for testers; stick with your distro’s stable Wine for daily use.
God Bless, and Use the Source!
