Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massive speed gains

Re:Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel w... by worthless-trash on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @03:31AM (#47514374)

I dont think you can even load the "windows" kernel module in wine. Last time i tried with the capcom rootkit, it didnt work at all.

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Re:Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel w... by colejohnson66 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @09:22AM (#47517028)

Wine doesn't emulate the NT kernel; Just the NT and Win32 userspace APIs. For example, Wine provides a `kernel32.dll` that maps API calls into the appropriate Linux ones. Anything kernel level is operating "below" Wine.

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Re:Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel w... by HWR_14 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @09:51AM (#47517356)

I read the person I was responding to saying they avoided games with root kits for moral, not technical, reasons. So I assumed they were on Windows, and AFAIK, windows just offers binary "changes" permissions which covers anything from installing in the slightly protected Program Files directory to installing a rootkit. In other words, can they even detect they are about to install a root kit?

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Re:Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel w... by Melatonic on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @03:50PM (#47522287)

Good question and one I am now looking into

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