Wine 10.3 maintenance update adds Wayland clipboard support, Vulkan video decoding & more

The Wine compatibility layer has released its third maintenance update for the stable 10.x series, Wine 10.3. This update brings several enhancements, including clipboard support for Wayland, which improves usability for modern Linux desktop environments. Additionally, initial support for Vulkan video decoding has been integrated into WineD3D, enhancing video playback performance for Direct3D applications.

ARM builds benefit from the inclusion of the Compiler-RT library, which boosts stability and performance on ARM-based devices. Developers will also find improved Winelib C++ compatibility due to various header fixes, facilitating the porting of Windows applications to Unix-like systems. The Bluetooth driver has received updates for better connectivity and compatibility.

Wine 10.3 addresses 18 bugs, including a critical fix for Unreal Engine games to correctly detect the necessary VC runtime registry key, solving launch failures. A startup issue causing Steam.exe to hang has been resolved, along with a startup failure affecting Quicken 2004. The source code for Wine 10.3 is available for download from GitLab for users interested in upgrading or testing the new version.