The release of the Startwine-Launcher 407 application, developed for launching Windows applications and games on Linux systems, has been published. The primary goal of developing StartWine-Launcher was to simplify the process of creating Wine prefixes for beginners—sets of libraries and Windows dependencies required for running Windows applications on Linux. The StartWine-Launcher code is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The interface is based on the GTK library.
StartWine-Launcher can be installed anywhere in the file system without affecting system files. Applications run in a runimage-based container, which eliminates the need to install dependencies in the system and isolates the launched application from the main system. Management and configuration are done through a graphical interface.
In the new version:
- Backup and restore functions for applications and games have been added.
- An audio and video player has been added.
- Support for adding media files to the playlist has been implemented.
- Graphical interface rendering is provided using the Vulkan graphics API.
- New animations for the background have been added.
- A selection of button styles for managing the title window has been added.
- The option to choose colors for built-in icon themes has been added.
- The ability to use a game controller to navigate the graphical interface has been implemented.
- A mapping feature for binding controller buttons to keys of other input devices, such as keyboard or mouse, has been added.
- Language settings have 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.
- New registry fixes have been added.
- Bugs have been fixed and performance has been improved.
Source: opennet.ru
