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This should help the Linux gaming experience thrive.
Back in 2021, a contributor to the Wine project started out to build something that would allow for the implementation of the Windows NT synchronization object API into the Linux kernel.
Doing that improved performance for Windows apps on Linux when using Wine or Valve's Proton that is based on the former. But, progress on that kind of slowed down along the years.
Enter 2024, where that has gotten a major boost by the same person who kick-started it all.
Elizabeth Figura who now works for CodeWeavers, posted a patch with “request for comments” (RFC) label in the Linux kernel mailing lists around the end of January. And, this was to introduce a new driver for implementing Windows NT synchronization primitive (NTSYNC) directly into the Linux kernel.
She also shared some helpful benchmarks that show games running better with average improvement rates ranging from 50% to 150% when using the new driver compared to not using it.
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Back in 2021, a contributor to the Wine project started out to build something that would allow for the implementation of the Windows NT synchronization object API into the Linux kernel.
Doing that improved performance for Windows apps on Linux when using Wine or Valve's Proton that is based on the former. But, progress on that kind of slowed down along the years.
Enter 2024, where that has gotten a major boost by the same person who kick-started it all.
Elizabeth Figura who now works for CodeWeavers, posted a patch with “request for comments” (RFC) label in the Linux kernel mailing lists around the end of January. And, this was to introduce a new driver for implementing Windows NT synchronization primitive (NTSYNC) directly into the Linux kernel.
She also shared some helpful benchmarks that show games running better with average improvement rates ranging from 50% to 150% when using the new driver compared to not using it.
This Patch Boosts Linux Gaming Performance By 50% and More
This should help the Linux gaming experience thrive.
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