Zippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linuxwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down12cross-posted to: linux@programming.devsteamdeck@sopuli.xyzlinux_gaming@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.mlpcgaming@lemmy.catechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1153arrow-down1external-link7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linuxwww.gamingonlinux.comZippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linux@programming.devsteamdeck@sopuli.xyzlinux_gaming@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.mlpcgaming@lemmy.catechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squaresanpo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoGaming was always one of the main excuses for average person to avoid Linux. Not that gaming was not possible before Proton, but it’s finally zero effort (mostly, it’s not like Windows gaming is without issues either).
minus-squarevarnia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s still a pretty solid excuse for many - but once you make the switch and stick to games that actually run on Linux, it kind of starts running on its own as recent numbers show.
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minus-squaresanpo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoSure, but mostly if you play games with incredibly invasive anti-cheats… which I wouldn’t want to install on Windows too anyway.
Gaming was always one of the main excuses for average person to avoid Linux.
Not that gaming was not possible before Proton, but it’s finally zero effort (mostly, it’s not like Windows gaming is without issues either).
It’s still a pretty solid excuse for many - but once you make the switch and stick to games that actually run on Linux, it kind of starts running on its own as recent numbers show.
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Sure, but mostly if you play games with incredibly invasive anti-cheats… which I wouldn’t want to install on Windows too anyway.