Samsies. Steam Deck showed me it was possible. Made the switch a little after that (waited for Hell Let Loose to turn on EAC for Linux).
Comment on 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux
MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Proton is the reason I daily drive Linux. That is a simple, unequivocal fact.
tea@lemmy.today 2 months ago
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same here.
Windows EOL is why I switched to linux.
proton is why I’ve stayed on linux.
I only have windows on my laptop atm, and thats only because of sheer laziness and the fact i dont use it much anymore… will be putting linux on it eventually, though.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Me too, soon I guess. I have a Steam Deck, and now using Windows on my laptop is kind of like torture.
grue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not me! I switched in 2017, right around the time Windows 10 “telemetry” (read: spyware) was getting backported to Windows 7.
It was a rough first couple of years, gaming-wise, but I managed to get by playing mostly Linux-native games and using PlayOnLinux with pre-Proton WINE for the one or two games important enough to justify the hassle.
(INB4 “weird flex but OK”)
I gotta admit, I was pretty conflicted about Proton when it was first announced, since there was a lot of fear that it would reduce developer impetus to make proper Linux-native games. I’m not actually sure whether that came to pass or not, but I feel like the issue is a lot less important than it seemed at the time.
danzabia@infosec.pub 2 months ago
weird flex but OK
Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
It would make sense that developers would support their game as played through Proton, which is not really that different from just making a proper linux-native game. It should work just as fast both ways.