Protons runs on SLR.
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lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoOk thanks! Is it related to proton or is it just for native games?
woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
ulterno@programming.dev 1 day ago
Apart from what others already replied, a native game can run on SLR.
If it is being run without SLR, that would mean that you are using your distro’s system libraries, which you would find in places like
/liband/usr/lib.
If it is being run on SLR, then it is using the libraries that Steam downloaded in the location the SLR is installed.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
both. they can also work together for windows games to run predictably through proton without the need for distro-specific tweaks.
that’s because proton is not an emulator but a translator, and it’s interacting directly with system libraries and kernel instead of emulating those. it’s part of how it can be so fast.