New video: Proton is the only hope for Steam Deck and desktop Linux
Proton is the only hope for Steam Deck and desktop Linux
#Proton is keeping #Linux gaming alive and the reason #SteamDeck can exist, after more games drop Native Linux support like PAYDAY 2: https://www.gamingonlin...YouTube
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •While I understand that for most developers, Proton is preferred, and is just easier...
I personally would want to (as a developer) build with Linux in-mind as the primary platform, and consider Windows to be an afterthought. Now, I get that this is a really radical approach, but it's actually something that a lot of emulator developers do with their builds, prioritizing Linux.
That being said, native Linux porting from Windows is uhhhh, difficult so Proton will always have a place.
16BitYeti
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •If the developers have a choice between translating their code and having to QA it, or do a check through a conversion layer; Developers (unless it just isn’t cutting it) will always choose the conversion layer.
It may take a hit to performance, but it’s always easier / better to make games more performant than it is to write the game twice.
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •VERY casual Linux desktop user here.
When I ran Euro Truck Sim 2 on my Steamdeck and got horrible performance then someone said to turn on Proton and suddenly the frames where smooth, I knew Proton was the way. (except for Emulators)
#ETS2 #Steamdeck
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •There are many problems with desktop Linux, but the biggest one keeping me off Linux is lack of game and application support. I want my games and applications to “just work”, I don’t care how.
If Proton makes games available on Linux in a “just works” format, that’s fantastic. Now I just need Adobe CC, Microsoft Office, etc to somehow also “just work”. I know I could mess around with Wine… or I could just run Windows, and that’s where I’m currently at.
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •especially with how we’re also getting a proton-equivalent for mac OS. no way around it, really.
is it my favourite version of the future? that’s a completely different question.
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •I agree, yet I would argue this displaces a lot of work onto Valve devs, it ain't much fair and thank god Valve can afford all that expertised gigantic compatibility work, yet it creates a single point of failure for the whole linux gaming ecosystem
Anyway that's a huge amount of brilliant work, I'll never stress enough how much thankful I am for us to have proton, at least for now
Though I'm not too afraid about it going away anytime but let's not take it for granted, shan't we