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Wine 11.0 Released: Enhanced Windows App Support on Linux

1/14/2026

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Wine 11.0 was officially released on January 13, 2026, extending the compatibility layer for running Windows applications on Linux and other Unix-like systems.
It adds support for the NTSYNC driver, improves Vulkan H.264 decoding, and enables clipboard support in the Wayland driver.
The WoW64 mode enables dynamic enabling of 32-bit applications on 64-bit systems.
Wine 11 can be downloaded from WineHQ.org.

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Story summary

Wine 11.0 was officially released on January 13, 2026, extending the compatibility layer for running Windows applications on Linux and other Unix-like systems.
It adds support for the NTSYNC driver, improves Vulkan H.264 decoding, and enables clipboard support in the Wayland driver.
The WoW64 mode enables dynamic enabling of 32-bit applications on 64-bit systems.
Wine 11 can be downloaded from WineHQ.org.