The release of the Startwine-Launcher 406 application has been published, developed for launching software and games built for the Windows platform on Linux systems. The main goal of developing StartWine-Launcher was to simplify the process of creating Wine prefixes by novices — sets of Windows libraries and dependencies needed for running Windows applications on Linux. Key features include a container based on runimage, no need to install system dependencies, and a user-friendly graphical interface. The code for StartWine-Launcher is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The interface is based on the GTK library.
StartWine-Launcher features:
- Runimage-based container: applications run in a container, eliminating the need to install dependencies in the system and isolating the launched application from the main system.
- A graphical user interface that eliminates the need to deal with complicated settings.
- Universal installation: the application can be installed anywhere without affecting system files.
New version features:
- The graphical interface has been updated.
- Prefix configurations have been updated.
- The list of Wine versions has been updated.
- The list of dxvk and vkd3d versions has been updated.
- Libraries and drivers in the container have been updated.
- The list of hotkeys has been updated.
- The list of libraries in Winetricks has been updated.
- Errors have been fixed and performance has been improved.
- Locales have been updated.
- All game or application settings have been moved to the shortcut launch page.
- The button list on the sidebar has been changed.
- A new background animation has been added.
- The ability to rename the installed application or game title has been added.
- The ability to change the path to the executable file of the game or application has been added.
- New animations have been added to the shader list.
- Codecs for video playback have been added.
- DirectX 8 support in dxvk mode has been added.
- The algorithm for automatically searching for images has been improved.
- The interface hang when shutting down StartWine has been fixed.
- An error with displaying the path during recursive searches in the file manager has been fixed.
- An error when copying fonts to the application or game prefix has been fixed.
- Outdated launch settings (GSTREAMER, GAMEMODE, DXVK_ASYNC) have been removed.
Source: opennet.ru
