Mastodawn

🎉BREAKING NEWS: Enthusiast finally gets Windows games to run on a "hobby" OS that no one asked for! 🎮🚀 With the help of #Wine, they managed to breathe life into a 32-bit #roguelike, proving once and for all that some people *really* have too much time on their hands. 🤷‍♂️🍷
https://astral-os.org/posts/2026/04/03/wine-on-astral.html #WindowsGames #HobbyOS #GamingNews #HackerNews #ngated

Astral

Hacker News 3d ago

Running Windows Games on a Hobby OS with Wine

https://astral-os.org/posts/2026/04/03/wine-on-astral.html

#HackerNews #WindowsGames #HobbyOS #Wine #AstralOS #GamingTech

Astral

Linux Easy May 16

Wine 11.9 migliora il gaming Linux su Wayland con nuovo supporto cursori, fix per giochi Windows e maggiore compatibilità software. #Wine #LinuxGaming #Wayland #OpenSource #Gaming #Linux #WindowsGames #FOSS

https://www.linuxeasy.org/wine-11-9-supporto-wayland-giochi-windows-linux/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Wine 11.9 migliora il supporto Wayland per i giochi Windows su Linux

Wine 11.9 migliora il gaming Linux su Wayland con nuovo supporto cursori, fix per giochi Windows e maggiore compatibilità software.

Linux Easy

Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More. [Unofficial]May 4

The 10 Best Star Wars Games Ever Made

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://kotaku.com/star-wars-best-games-ranked-jedi-knight-dark-forces-lis-1848893189

TechLİfe Mar 27

Wine 11 Just Rewrote How Linux Runs Windows Games — And the Speed Gains Are Absurd
https://techlife.blog/posts/wine11-linux

#Wine #Wine11 #NTSYNC #LinuxGaming #WindowsGames #Gaming #OpenSource #Kernel

Wine 11 Just Rewrote How Linux Runs Windows Games — And the Speed Gains Are Absurd

Wine 11 introduces NTSYNC — a kernel-level driver that finally implements Windows NT thread synchronization properly on Linux. Dirt 3 went from 110 FPS to 860 FPS. Yes, that's a 678% improvement.

TechLife | AI, Software & Future Technology Insights

Hacker News Mar 24

Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massive speed gains

https://www.xda-developers.com/wine-11-rewrites-linux-runs-windows-games-speed-gains/

#HackerNews #Wine11 #Linux #WindowsGames #SpeedGains #GamingTech

Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive

Wine 11 is the biggest jump for Linux gaming in years.

XDA

NERDS.xyz – Real Tech News for Real Nerds [Unofficial]Feb 10

CrossOver 26 takes another swing at Windows games on Mac and Linux

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/02/crossover-26-windows-games-mac-linux/

Hacker News Dec 3, 2025

Steam Deck lead reveals Valve is funding ARM compatibility of Windows games

https://frvr.com/blog/news/steam-deck-lead-reveals-valve-is-funding-arm-compatibility-of-windows-games-to-expand-pc-gaming-and-release-ultraportables-in-the-future/

#HackerNews #SteamDeck #Valve #ARMCompatibility #WindowsGames #PCGaming

Steam Deck lead reveals Valve is funding ARM compatibility of Windows games “to expand PC gaming” and release “ultraportables” in the future

Steam Deck creator Pierre-Loup Griffais explains that Valve is funding ARM compatibility layers for future ultraportables.

FRVR

preciousfang at KillBait Oct 29, 2025

Almost 90% of Windows Games Are Now Compatible with Linux, New Data Shows

Interesting milestone for Linux gaming, with Proton and WINE refining compatibility to roughly 90% of Windows titles. Still gaps on anti-cheat and AAA DRM. As hardware like Steam Deck improves, Linux could become a serious alternative for gamers.

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