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Monday, November 9, 2020

Run Windows software on your Chromebook

CrossOver is a commercial compatibility layer by CodeWeavers, based on the Wine project, which aims to run popular Windows software on Unix-based operating systems. CodeWeavers released the first beta of CrossOver for Chrome OS three years ago, and now it's finally ready for the masses.

CrossOver 20 was released today as the first version that officially supports Chrome OS. It comes configured to run thousands of popular Windows applications, including World of Warcraft, Steam, Quicken, GOG Galaxy, Microsoft Office, and others. Unlike the Parallels-based VM that Google is working on, CrossOver translates Windows API calls as needed, rather than emulating the entire operating system.

The Chrome OS version now runs on top of the Linux container, instead of running as an Android application like earlier betas did. CodeWeavers said in a blog post, "We feel that providing CrossOver using this route provides a superior user experience." However, this does mean that older Chromebooks without support for Linux apps won't be able to use the newer version.

CrossOver is paid software with three packages available. You can buy the current version for $39.95, and a Pro version with free software upgrades for a year (plus discounts on future releases) and additional customer support is available for $59.95. Finally, if you think you'll use CrossOver until the heat death of the universe, a lifetime support option is available for $494.00.

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Saturday, November 7, 2020

vkd3d-proton version 2.0 has been released

VKD3D-Proton is a fork of VKD3D, which aims to implement the full Direct3D 12 API on top of Vulkan. The project serves as the development effort for Direct3D 12 support in Proton.

 


This initial release supports D3D12 Feature Level 12.0 and Shader Model 6.0 (DXIL).

Games expected to work include:

  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Devil May Cry 5
  • Ghostrunner
  • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Metro Exodus
  • Monster Hunter World
  • Resident Evil 2 / 3

Please refer to the README for supported driver versions.

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Friday, November 6, 2020

Proton 5.0-10 has been released

  Proton 5.0-10 has been released

  • Added support for the latest Steamworks SDK.
  • Added support for the latest OpenVR SDKs.
  • Log directory is now configurable with PROTON_LOG_DIR.

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Wine development release 5.21 is now available for Linux FreeBSD and macOS

The Wine development release 5.21 is now available.

What's new in this release:

  • GDI32 library converted to PE.
  • More fixes for windowless RichEdit.
  • A number of timezone updates.
  • Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Bugs fixed in 5.21 (total 24):

  22797  'Sample1_DLLEmbedding' example from BoxedApp SDK v3.3.x (native API application virtualization scheme) crashes (needs hookable NtXXXSection API entries / NT syscalls)
  25834  Adobe Reader X and XI cannot open in Protected Mode due to advapi32.dll CreateRestrictedToken being a stub
  33072  dxdiag: can't retrieve network info
  33162  Acrobat Reader 11 crashes on start (native API application virtualization, NtProtectVirtualMemory removes execute page protection on its own code)
  45349  Multiple applications and games crash due to missing support for 64-bit syscall thunks (StreetFighter V, World of Warcraft)
  45550  League of Legends 8.15+ anticheat fails due to incorrect implementation of NtQuerySystemInformation(SystemModuleInformation)
  45666  Multiple Riot Games' anti-cheat / protection schemes need implementation of NtQuerySystemInformation 'SystemModuleInformationEx' info class (League of Legends 8.15+, Valorant/Vanguard)
  46373  Unknown game crashes in unimplemented function msvcr80.dll._strnset_s in 1.6.2
  46870  League of Legends 8.12+ fails to start a game in Vista+ mode (anticheat engine, SystemExtendedProcessInformation)
  46967  GOG Galaxy doesn't run in virtual desktop
  48203  Far Manager 3 broken appearance
  48204  Wineconsole running Far File Manager 3 crashes as soon as you try to resize its window
  48715  A Wolf RPG game freezes on map transition
  49298  Path of Exile crashes when switching to Vulkan Renderer on RADV. Switching works in proton.
  49449  Terraria Mobile Server (.NET 4.x) crashes with System.NotImplementedException NATUPNPLib.IUPnPNAT.get_StaticPortMappingCollection()
  49610  mu online crashes after login
  49739  Microsoft Flight Simulator needs netutils.dll and srvcli.dll
  49785  Linking of some objects sometimes fails with undefined reference to windowscodecs GUIDs
  49813  Implement debugging feedback extensions  (VK_EXT_debug_utils/VK_EXT_debug_report) to forward data to Linux impl
  50038  IWbemClassObject::Get method with wszName = NULL crashes inside wbemprox
  50039  Wine 5.18+ fails build on Ubuntu 18.04 with libwine.so Makefile symbolic link
  50049  Fallout 76 opens black screen then crashes on start
  50050  Wine 5.20 build fails on Ubuntu 16.04
  50077  .NET 3.5SP1 installer depends on PEB->Reserved[1] / AtlThunkSListPtr32 being 0 or 1

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