▲ 151 ▼ 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com) submitted 11 months ago by ZippyBot@lemmy.zip [B] to c/gaming@lemmy.zip 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 15 points 11 months ago (1 child) 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). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago Sure, but mostly if you play games with incredibly invasive anti-cheats... which I wouldn't want to install on Windows too anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago Sure, but mostly if you play games with incredibly invasive anti-cheats... which I wouldn't want to install on Windows too anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago Sure, but mostly if you play games with incredibly invasive anti-cheats... which I wouldn't want to install on Windows too anyway. permalink fedilink source parent