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Heart of the Machine from Arcen Games dropping Native Linux for Proton gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/hearโ€ฆ #Linux #SteamDeck #Gaming
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@bamboombibbitybop Native Linux means it was built for Linux, whereas with Proton it just runs the Windows version through Proton
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@bamboombibbitybop It can do, sometimes it's basically none and often can run games better than a native build like in this case as the developer said
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

well, in the end I only care about being able to play games decently well on linux. I'd rather get a proton version instead of a not tested, never updates native linux version. Guess I'm just pragmatic like that.

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