Comment on 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

Aaron_Davis@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m getting back into PC gaming after being consult exclusive for a while. I’m assuming anything with kernel anti-cheat is still not trying to work which is a problem because it means I either have to buy a windows licence or mess around with a cracked one which has its own security concerns.

  I think my plan is to dual boot and use Windows as little as often.

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If you have a particular game in mind you can check protondb.com, which tries to cover both Proton compatibility and Deck compatibility.

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  • pibfyhd7g57gd5u64f@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

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  • CybranM@feddit.nu ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, when w10 dies this is probably what I’ll end up doing too. I want to ditch windows but a lot of the programs I use don’t have Linux support

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    • bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      ESU is free if you have settings sync turned on

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    • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Was the same for me and I said screw it, and figured out alternate programs to use , annoyamce ? For sure but18 months later it’s no longer an issue.

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  • AppearanceBoring9229@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You can use windows freely without activating, or at least you could last time I needed it.

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