Wine 6.0.1: For that one weird app on that one weird Mac
Fans of Apple's M1 silicon have some more code to play with as the Wine team emitted version 6.0.1 of the Windows-running platform with support for wine64 on the new chippery.
Wine is a neat solution to the problem of having that one weird Windows app that has not been compiled natively for your platform of choice. It's not an emulator, but rather a compatibility layer that allows some Windows applications to be fired up on Linux and macOS.
Apple users wanting to run Windows apps (such as games) have had the option of using Bootcamp, which boots into Windows, virtualization software such as Parallels (which also require a Windows licence) or Wine.
However, the arrival of the M1 chip has made the running of Intel-expecting Windows apps somewhat tricky, even with Apple's much vaunted Rosetta 2 software.
Wine contributor CodeWeavers showed off Windows code running on its CrossOver app on a M1 Mac in 2020, and so the arrival of support in the open-source compatibility layer was expected. Sadly, it did not arrive in time for the major 6.0 stable release earlier this year, although it is more than welcome in the 6.0.1 maintenance release.
