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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
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless… Fsync came next, using Linux futexes for even better performance. It was faster than esync in most cases, but it required out-of-tree kernel patches that never made it into the mainline Linux kernel or to upstream Wine out of the box . …
… Fsync came next, using Linux futexes for even better performance. Early on, it depended on out-of-tree kernel patches that added a custom FUTEX WAIT MULTIPLE operation, which made it less accessible on mainstream distros. That changed once Linux 5.16 added futex waitv to mainline. …
… Linux's open architecture is both its strength and its weakness You can't enforce kernel integrity on an OS designed to let you modify the kernel Linux does have kernel module signing, Secure Boot integration, and lockdown modes, but it doesn't provide the kind of uniform, vendor-enforced trust mod… …
… Gaming on Linux continues to improve by the month Linux has grown so much in the gaming department. Where there once was nothing but clever Wine patches and community workarounds now lies support from gaming behemoths like Valve, driving changes to the Linux kernel itself. …
… Related Linux gaming is getting faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features As time goes on, fewer games than ever are unplayable on Linux Wine now lets you play FPS games without annoying camera issues Linux scores another big gaming win As reported by Phoronix , a new patch has… …
… Linux gaming has a serious fragmentation problem Here's how the OGC plans to remedy it For years, all the major gaming distros have maintained their own versions of essentially the same components. For example, they all write kernel patches to make the ROG Ally's buttons work correctly. …
… Related 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.
… Related 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. …
… Related CachyOS is the best Arch-based Linux distro out there Plain Arch is great, but CachyOS makes all the right improvements The custom kernel is also optimized for performance and can often include patches that haven't been added to the mainline kernel yet, and support for the EEVDF scheduler, … …
… This isn't just for SteamOS, like you might expect, but on any Linux distribution you prefer. And most of the games you cannot play on Linux are those with kernel-level anti-cheat systems, as they often intentionally exclude Linux devices. …
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