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NTSYNC solved the synchronization bottleneck, but there was another kernel-level problem lurking underneath: what happens when Windows software bypasses Wine entirely and issues a raw x86 syscall instruction? Normally, Wine intercepts Windows API calls through its own reimplemented DLLs. A game calls a function in ntdll.dll, Wine's version of that DLL catches it, and everything gets routed correctly. But some Windows software skips the DLL layer and issues direct NT syscall instructions instead. On real Windows, the NT kernel handles those. On Linux, they hit the Linux kernel instead, which se
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Xbox Game Pass games might soon work on Linux thanks to this open-source project
…The project can download and decrypt MSIXVC packages; the team is working on SDK and Xbox Gaming Runtime recreation for Wine. This could be a big win for Linux gaming if Xodus…
After nine years, Linux gamers can finally join Minecraft Bedrock servers without the headaches
…Xbox Friends, invitations, cross-play servers, and Realms now work via WineGDK's native Xbox identity. For years, Linux gamers who wanted to play Minecraft Bedrock had to use a pretty restrictive…
Linux is the only OS that respects your aging gaming hardware
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I stopped recommending Bazzite after realizing any Linux distro can game just as well
…Sign in to your XDA account Valve released Proton 11.0-1 as stable on July 7, 2026, rebasing Steam Play on Wine 11.0, and Wine 11.0 brought NTSYNC support…
Linux gaming works without touching the terminal, and that matters more than any benchmark
…configure Wine or Proton versions to use for each game if needed, but in general, it does a solid job making sure things just work, and again, no terminal required. Related Heroic…
Valve isn't ditching Windows or x86, but it's quietly making both optional
…We've talked a lot about FEX, but Proton is Valve's complete Wine stack, built on Wine while adding DXVK for Direct3D-to-Vulkan translation, VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12, Steam…
Linux 7.1 just killed one of dual-booting's biggest headaches
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This Nvidia Linux driver update finally fixes a frustrating Wayland display problem
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