We need more such saviors 🥹

#privacy #proton #bigtech

GE-Proton 10-9 released with NTSYNC and FSR4 upgrade support gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/ge-p…

#Linux #OpenSource #GEProton #Proton #SteamOS #SteamDeck

GE-Proton 10-9 released with NTSYNC and FSR4 upgrade support

GE-Proton 10-9 is out now with some exciting sounding new features like NTSYNC and FSR4 upgrade support for gamers on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental updated to fix the Epic Games Store and a few games gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Proton Experimental updated to fix the Epic Games Store and a few games

Valve put out a small update to Proton Experimental to begin the weekend, with fixes for the Epic Games Store and a few games for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

ICYMI: Proton 10.0-2 gets a small release candidate update for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/prot…

#Linux #Proton #SteamDeck #SteamOS

Proton 10.0-2 gets a small release candidate update for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

Valve released a small update to the current testing build of Proton 10.0-2, ahead of the upcoming stable release for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Direct3D to Vulkan layer DXVK v2.7 released with performance improvements and Intel support upgrades gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/dire…

#DXVK #Vulkan #Proton #OpenSource #Linux

Direct3D to Vulkan layer DXVK v2.7 released with performance improvements and Intel support upgrades

DXVK v2.7 was released over the weekend with lots of improvements for the Direct3D to Vulkan layer. Here's what's new and improved.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton 10.0-2 gets a small release candidate update for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #LinuxGaming

Proton 10.0-2 gets a small release candidate update for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

Valve released a small update to the current testing build of Proton 10.0-2, ahead of the upcoming stable release for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental adds fixes for The First Berserker: Khazan, The Riftbreaker, multiple Resident Evil games gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Steam #LinuxGaming

Proton Experimental adds fixes for The First Berserker: Khazan, The Riftbreaker, multiple Resident Evil games

Valve launched a brand new update for Proton Experimental, their testing ground for running Windows games on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck systems.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

ProtonPlus makes managing Proton versions on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck simple gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/prot…

#ProtonPlus #Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

ProtonPlus makes managing Proton versions on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck simple

ProtonPlus is a useful tool for managing compatibility layers like Valve's Proton, GE-Proton and more on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton 10.0-2 gets a Release Candidate for gaming on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/prot…

#Proton #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Linux #Gaming

Proton 10.0-2 gets a Release Candidate for gaming on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck

Valve are preparing the next major version of their Windows compatibility layer Proton, with a new test build ready for you with Proton 10.0-2.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simpler gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/stea…

#Steam #Linux #LinuxGaming #SteamOS #Proton

Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simpler

At some point recently, Valve updated the Steam Beta Client with a change to the way Proton is enabled making Linux gaming easier.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Direct3D to Vulkan layer DXVK v2.6.2 released gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/dire…

#DXVK #Linux #LinuxGaming #Proton #Vulkan

Direct3D to Vulkan layer DXVK v2.6.2 released

The latest release of the Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer has been released, with version 2.6.2 bringing assorted improvements.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Fallout 3, Skyrim Special Edition, The Witcher 3, Intel CPUs and more gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Steam

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Fallout 3, Skyrim Special Edition, The Witcher 3, Intel CPUs and more

Valve have released a fresh June 5th update for Proton Experimental, their testing-ground for running Windows games on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

GE-Proton 10-4 brings updates for winewayland, AMD FSR4 and more game fixes gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/ge-p…

#Linux #GEProton #Proton #SteamDeck #SteamOS

GE-Proton 10-4 brings updates for winewayland, AMD FSR4 and more game fixes

GE-Proton 10-4 for running Windows games on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck has released with numerous fixes and AMD FSR4.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental update enables gamepad input for all game launchers on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/prot…

#Proton #SteamOS #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming

Proton Experimental update enables gamepad input for all game launchers on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

Valve released a brand new and exciting update to Proton Experimental for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck gamers. This brings some new fixes, as well as an interesting change for their Xalia integration.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental gets fixes for The First Berserker: Khazan, THE FINALS, The Sims 2, Alpha Protocol and more gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS

Proton Experimental gets fixes for The First Berserker: Khazan, THE FINALS, The Sims 2, Alpha Protocol and more

Valve updated Proton Experimental, the testing area for the latest fixes to their Windows compatibility layer to run more games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. Here's all the changes for the May 16th update.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

GE-Proton 10-1 released with Proton 10 and fixes for Marvel Rivals, Oblivion Remastered and more on Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/ge-p…

#Proton #GEProton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS

GE-Proton 10-1 released with Proton 10 and fixes for Marvel Rivals, Oblivion Remastered and more on Linux / Steam Deck

Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider has released GE-Proton 10-1 bringing over all the changes from Proton 10 Beta to this community-made compatibility layer, along with lots of specific game fixes for Linux / SteamOS + Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental updated to fix missing saves and a new Proton 10 Beta fixes gamepad breakage gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming #Steam

Proton Experimental updated to fix missing saves and a new Proton 10 Beta fixes gamepad breakage

Valve released two Proton updates just as the weekend hit, both containing some essential fixes for running Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck. So here's all that's new for Proton Experimental and the latest Proton 10 Beta.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental for Linux / Steam Deck gets fixes for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Space Engineers and more gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/prot…

#SteamDeck #Linux #LinuxGaming #Proton #ClairObscurExpedition33

Proton Experimental for Linux / Steam Deck gets fixes for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Space Engineers and more

Valve released another update to Proton Experimental, bringing in fixes for a number of games that were having issues on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton 10 gets another Beta update with more fixes for Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Proton 10 gets another Beta update with more fixes for Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck

Valve continue working towards a stable release of the major Proton 10 update, to bring many improvements to Windows game compatibility on Linux / Steam Deck. Today, Valve released a small bug fix update to the Proton 10 Beta.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

THE FINALS broke again on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck, Valve updated Proton Hotfix to fix it gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/the-…

#THEFINALS #Linux #SteamDeck #Proton

THE FINALS broke again on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck, Valve updated Proton Hotfix to fix it

THE FINALS has a repeating issue where major updates will break it in some way, with the latest update causing the game on Desktop Linux / Steam Deck to freeze a few minutes into a match.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton 10 gets a first Beta to improve game compatibility on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #Steam #Gaming

Proton 10 gets a first Beta to improve game compatibility on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux

Here we go! Proton 10 is the next major stable version of Proton and a first Beta is now available for testing to improve game compatibility on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Delta Force devs say Desktop Linux support is 'not part of our agenda in the future' gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/delt…

#DeltaForce #Linux #LinuxGaming #Proton #SteamDeck

Delta Force devs say Desktop Linux support is 'not part of our agenda in the future'

For anyone hoping to play Delta Force on Desktop Linux, the developer Team Jade has given a pretty clear no. That's despite it working on Steam Deck due to the anti-cheat they've used.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Infinity Nikki on Steam works on Steam Deck but the situation is odd and anti-cheat blocks Desktop Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/infi…

#InfinityNikki #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Proton

Infinity Nikki on Steam works on Steam Deck but the situation is odd and anti-cheat blocks Desktop Linux

Infinity Nikki has now launched on Steam to suck away more of your time. It works on Steam Deck with Proton but the anti-cheat is blocking it working on Desktop Linux.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

DUCKSIDE from tinyBuild may get BattlEye Anti-Cheat enabled for Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/duck…

#DUCKSIDE #SteamDeck #Linux #Proton #SteamOS

DUCKSIDE from tinyBuild may get BattlEye Anti-Cheat enabled for Steam Deck / Linux

After recently switching over from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye for DUCKSIDE, tinyBuild have confirmed they're now looking to enable it for players on Steam Deck / Linux with Proton.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Sonic Rumble releases May 8 and it's Steam Deck Verified gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/soni…

#SonicRumble #Sonic #Linux #SteamDeck #Proton

Sonic Rumble releases May 8 and it's Steam Deck Verified

SEGA have revealed that Sonic Rumble, their attempt at a sorta-of racing Battle Royale, is scheduled to release on May 8. It's also Steam Deck Verified, which I already wrote about earlier this month.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Hotfix updated to fix Monster Hunter Wilds on Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/prot…

#MonsterHunterWilds #SteamOS #Linux #SteamDeck #Proton

Proton Hotfix updated to fix Monster Hunter Wilds on Linux / Steam Deck

A recent update to Monster Hunter Wilds has been causing problems for players on Linux platforms including SteamOS / Steam Deck. Valve has now put out an update to Proton Hotfix to work around it.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

DXVK 2.6.1 brings numerous needed fixes for playing Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/dxvk…

#DXVK #Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #OpenSource

DXVK 2.6.1 brings numerous needed fixes for playing Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck

DXVK is a Vulkan-based implementation of Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11. It's part of what Proton uses to make Windows games run so well on Linux platforms including the SteamOS based Steam Deck. DXVK 2.6.1 is now available fixing up some big issues.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental gets fixes for XCOM 2, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced, The Last of Us Part II Remastered gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Gaming

Proton Experimental gets fixes for XCOM 2, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced, The Last of Us Part II Remastered

Valve released a great sounding new update to Proton Experimental on April 4th, to help get more Windows games running correctly on Linux platforms like Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

I read the headline, and stopped reading. #Proton continues to suck on #Linux, still prefers privacy invasive operation systems.

I consider Proton's focus on privacy as pure marketing, as long as the focus is Windows, which wants to make a screenshot of the desktop, your mails, your docs every few seconds and upload it to OpenAI. Your encrypted mails become publicly readable, and maybe the template for mails written by Copilot.

GE-Proton 9-27 brings fixes for Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games, Wuthering Waves and Monster Hunter Wilds gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ge-p…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #GEProton

GE-Proton 9-27 brings fixes for Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games, Wuthering Waves and Monster Hunter Wilds

The community maintained compatibility layer for Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck, GE-Proton version 9-27 is out now with numerous fixes.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

ProtonUp-Qt v2.12 brings a new Steam Deck theme and support for Proton-CachyOS gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #OpenSource

ProtonUp-Qt v2.12 brings a new Steam Deck theme and support for Proton-CachyOS

ProtonUp-Qt is a tool to add extra compatibility tools on Linux / Steam Deck like GE-Proton. A new release out now with version 2.12.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental adds fixes for GTA V Enhanced and more for Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Proton Experimental adds fixes for GTA V Enhanced and more for Linux / Steam Deck

Valve released another smaller update for Proton Experimental, the constantly changing compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux platforms like the Steam Deck with SteamOS.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental gets fixes for No Man's Sky, Deviator and renables NVAPI for multiple games gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck

Proton Experimental gets fixes for No Man's Sky, Deviator and renables NVAPI for multiple games

On top of releasing a fresh update to Proton Hotfix, there's also a new Proton Experimental update for Linux / Steam Deck available now.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

No support for Assassin's Creed Shadows on Steam Deck at launch gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/no-s…

#SteamDeck #AssassinsCreedShadows #Proton #Linux

No support for Assassin's Creed Shadows on Steam Deck at launch

One from earlier in February I missed was a Q&A post from Ubisoft about Assassin's Creed Shadows, and it's bad news for players hoping to run it on Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

A Review and Dev Interview: Broadside Renegades gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/a-re…

#IndieGames #Proton #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming

A Review and Dev Interview: Broadside Renegades

This ain't your dad's Vampire Survivors. We take a look at a hidden gem and talk to the developer about the development process.

^{anewson (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Hotfix updated to fix Marvel Rivals and Indiana Jones on Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #MarvelRivals #IndianaJones

Proton Hotfix updated to fix Marvel Rivals and Indiana Jones on Steam Deck / Linux

Valve have released a fresh update to the special Proton Hotfix to fix up issues on Steam Deck / Linux across Marvel Rivals and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Proton Experimental adds fixes for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, The Finals and more gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/prot…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #Steam #PCGaming

Proton Experimental adds fixes for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, The Finals and more

Valve released a fresh update for Proton Experimental today pulling in some more fixes for various Windows games to run on Linux / Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

CodeWeavers are hiring developers to work on Wine / Proton gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/code…

#OpenSource #Jobs #Wine #Proton #Linux

CodeWeavers are hiring developers to work on Wine / Proton

CodeWeavers announced recently that they're once again looking for more developers to come work for them on the compatibility layers Wine and Valve's Proton.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN launches in May - will have Kernel Level Anti-Cheat gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/elde…

#ELDENRINGNIGHTREIGN #ELDENRING #SteamDeck #Proton #Linux

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN launches in May - will have Kernel Level Anti-Cheat

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is now set for launch on May 29th, and it does look great, but the anti-cheat could be a problem for Steam Deck / Linux players.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

GE-Proton article update to note a hotfix was released after: gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/ge-p…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck

GE-Proton 9-24 released with a new save game detection feature

GE-Proton 9-24 is out now bringing with it the usual assortment of fixes, plus as interesting change that will help games detect saves from other games.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}