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7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz⁩ to ⁨steamdeck@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/7-years-later-valves-proton-has-been-an-incredible-game-changer-for-linux/

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  • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    …and nobody mentions WINE that did the work for years, before it was boosted by Proton development.

    We were playing Windows games before Proton, although the library was far smaller and nothing rarely worked without some extra steps.

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    • Laser@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Also DXVK, though the period of time where DXVK existed and Proton didn’t is rather short (a little bit more than half a year).

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  • MajinBlayze@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Damn it valve, stop changing my games

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    • Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      changing?

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      • jouhija@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Game-changer …

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      • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yeah, changing from Windows-compatible to Linux-compatible.

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