The Wine development release 8.20 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

  • More DirectMusic implementation.
  • Protocol associations exported to the Unix desktop.
  • Code cleanups in preparation for code freeze.
  • Various bug fixes.

The source is available at:

https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/8.x/wine-8.20.tar.xz

Binary packages for various distributions will be available from:

https://www.winehq.org/download

You will find documentation on https://www.winehq.org/documentation

You can also get the current source directly from the git repository. Check https://www.winehq.org/git for details.

Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file AUTHORS in the distribution for the complete list.

Bugs fixed in 8.20 (total 20):

  • #22904 Register URL protocol handlers under Linux
  • #52716 Sending key stroke (using [System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait) fails (seems to go into a loop?)
  • #53213 d3d10core:d3d10core & d3d11:d3d11 - test_texture() fails in the TestBot VMs
  • #53217 d3d10core:d3d10core & d3d11:d3d11 - test_cube_maps() crashes on gitlab-debian-32
  • #53218 d3d10core:d3d10core & d3d11:d3d11 - test_uint_shader_instructions() fails on llvmpipe
  • #54399 d3d11:d3d11 - test_vertex_formats() fails on Windows 11 + AMD
  • #54519 d3d9:visual - test_mipmap_upload() fails on AMD and Nvidia GPUs
  • #54780 UndertaleModTool display regression since wine-staging 8.4
  • #55316 d3d10core:d3d10core & d3d11:d3d11 fail systematically on w11pro64-amd
  • #55608 NAM won’t open on new update
  • #55679 warframe doesn’t start in experimental wow64 mode
  • #55715 Folio Views 4 crashes when storing a changed file
  • #55742 wine crashes when launching Captvty V3
  • #55782 System.Windows.Forms expects CreateActCtx() to succeed with truncated ACTCTX structure
  • #55789 Spectralayers 9 Pro crashes on audio playback
  • #55797 Max Payne (2001) has no sound
  • #55838 wget.exe fails to download anything (regression)
  • #55839 NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject fails with STATUS_OBJECT_TYPE_MISMATCH
  • #55842 Neverwinter Nights 2 Complete (GOG.com) crashes while starting a new game from the menu
  • #55856 cygwin hangs during installation at libzstd1-1.5.5-1