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It also provides a way to secure the data traffic of any given application using port forwarding, basically tunneling any TCP/IP port over SSH. SSH is a standard for secure remote logins and file transfers over untrusted networks.

It can also be used to implement VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) and access intranet services across firewalls. It can be used to add encryption to legacy applications. SSH tunneling is a method of transporting arbitrary networking data over an encrypted SSH connection.

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Compatibility layers - Allows software written for one platform to run on another.Contents What is an SSH tunnel? Who uses SSH tunneling? Benefits of SSH tunneling for enterprises SSH tunneling in the corporate risk portfolio How to configure an SSH tunnel What is an SSH tunnel?.

Zink A 'just-in-case' implementation of OpenGL on top of Vulkan first introduced in 2018 by Collabora for the Mesa driver. The caveat is that this only works on Mesa, not NVIDIA's proprietary driver. By using calls native to Linux, applications running under Wine run 'at near-native speeds' according to the maintainers.

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Gallium Nine An implementation of the Direct3D 9 library on top of the Gallium driver for Linux. VKD3D-Proton A fork of VKD3D funded by Valve, which is more ahead and experimentally supports DXR via VK_KHR_ray_tracing.

vkd3d Wine's work-in-progress Direct3D 12 to Vulkan wrapper. Emulators like Dolphin and DuckStation use MoltenVK instead of a native Metal renderer to support Apple devices. MoltenVK Developed by the Brenwill Workshop under the Khronos Group, it reimplements Vulkan for Metal.

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A custom build incorporating Vulkan support is available for Windows here. For newer APIs it has more bugs than DXVK. WineD3D Wine's internal wrapper for Direct3D 1-11 that targets OpenGL. Later merged D9VK to add Direct3D 9 support. Usually these are not separate downloads, and will come packaged into compatibility layers like Proton, Wine, or CrossOver.Ĭomparisons DXVK Was originally designed to accelerate support for Direct3D 11 games running under Wine since a native implementation seemed unlikely. Modern Windows games will likely need one of these wrappers to work on other platforms. Additionally, it applies some improvements, fixes and QoL changes to the games. Originally designed specifically for Tomb Raider 1/UB patched with ATIRage patch, currently also supports Assault Rigs and Wipeout. glrage Reimplements ATI3DCIF, an API from ATI used in a handful of games, and DirectDraw 2 over OpenGL. It is considered alpha software despite many applications working. DXGL Reimplements DirectDraw using OpenGL. It works pretty well for running older Direct3D games, though it does not come with a Glide implementation of its own. Outputs Direct3D 11 with different device types as wrapping output such as hardware or software rendering. dgVoodoo2 Targets Glide 2.11, 2.45, 3.10, 3.1 Napalm, all versions of DirectDraw and Direct3D up to version 7, Direct3D 8.1, and Direct3D 9.

nGlide also supports high resolution modes. It originally only used Direct3D 9 until Vulkan output was added in 2.0, allowing it to work under Linux using Wine 2.10.0 and newer.

Wrappers can even enable various overrides and enhancements, such as ReShade.Ĭomparisons nGlide Currently the best Glide wrapper, supporting all three public versions (2.11, 2.60 and 3.10) but it's closed-source. Or, if we're lucky, the game gets ported or reimplemented to use other APIs instead.Įven games using older versions of DirectDraw or Direct3D can benefit from wrappers, since those interfaces may not even work properly on newer systems. Despite the API getting an open source release in 2003, neither NVIDIA or ATI adopted support for Glide in their own drivers, meaning a wrapper is now needed to play these games with hardware acceleration. These developers didn't anticipate that 3Dfx would run out of money trying to compete with NVIDIA's offering, and in 2000 NVIDIA bought them for their IP assets (presumably to improve their own cards).

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During the 90s, many PC game developers chose to use 3Dfx's Glide API for their Voodoo graphics cards.

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