How to Install Wine on Ubuntu – Run Windows Softwares on Ubuntu

  • Post last modified:January 25, 2024
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Wine is a free open source compatibility layer to run Windows applications on Linux, macOS, & BSD. Using this you can easily run your favorite windows softwares in linux system. It is not a Windows Emulator/simulator. It translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly to run and integrate Windows softwares into your Linux, macOS, & BSD OS.

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Wine 1.5.11 released

Wine 1.5.11 is now available for download. Wine is a free software that allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems.

What’s new in this version?

Multi-channel support in the ALSA driver.
Removal of the big X11 lock.
Support for pair positioning adjustments in Uniscribe.
More I/O stream implementations in the C++ runtime.
Various bug fixes.
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Wine 1.5.10 released

Wine 1.5.10 is now available for download. Wine is a free software that allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems.
What’s new in this version?

New version of the Gecko engine based on Firefox 14.
Support for OpenGL in the DIB engine using libOSMesa.
Off-screen rendering is now the default in Direct3D.
Some more WMI infrastructure.
Various bug fixes.
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Wine 1.5.9 released

Wine 1.5.9 is now available for download. Wine is a free software that allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems.
What’s new in this version?

Support for GPOS font tables in Uniscribe.
Support for XRandr 1.2 and 1.3.
Parser improvements for the HLSL compiler.
More key exchange algorithms supported on Mac OS.
Relay tracing on ARM.
Various bug fixes.
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Wine 1.5.6 released

Wine 1.5.6 is now available for download. Wine is a free software that allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems.

What’s new in this version?

Automatic installation of the Mono add-on package.
Control panel applet for joysticks.
Device bitmap rendering now done through the DIB engine.
Support for video rendering through DirectX (VMR-9).
First steps towards a D3D shader compiler.
Build fixes for DragonFly BSD.
Various bug fixes
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Wine 1.5.5 released

Wine 1.5.5 is now available for download. Wine is a free software that allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems.

What’s new in this version?

Support for installing Mono as a Wine add-on package.
Dithering of pattern brushes in the DIB engine.
Support for installing the .NET 4.0 runtime.
DDS files supported in D3DX9.
Various bug fixes.
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