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Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive
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this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2026
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I just installed wine and launched Noita (a very cpu intensive game) with it, and the stuttering I've been experiencing since switching to linux has vanished. The game has never run smoother. Cant wait for proton to get up to date.
iirc these changes have been in proton ge for quite a while now for supported installs.
Yeah I was looking around to install proton GE but it was more complicated than just using Wine and launching Noita without the steam overlay.
Noita has been my favorite game of all time for over 500 hours now.
700 hours and it's still kicking my ass.
Its the one and only flatscreen game that I've actually bothered with since VR came along. >500 hours and no wins yet!
I got 1 win in my stats, and the thousands of times I died because I was trying to explore the map after the boss.
I don't have stutters but I do get gfx artifacts. I'll check out the newer Wine/Proton versions.
That’s strange, Noita has always run as smooth as butter for me