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If you haven't been following it: "Steam Play" is the product name for Valve's repackaging of dkvk and Wine together inside their Linux client. (Lots of the cod

If you haven't been following it: "Steam Play" is the product name for Valve's repackaging of dkvk and Wine together inside their Linux client. (Lots of the code is open sourced at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/ https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/ >Steam Play allows you to purchase your games once and play anywhere. Whether you have purchased your Steam Play enabled game on a Mac or PC (both Windows and Linux), you will be able to play on the other platform free of charge. I've been using it for a few games, and the experience is great. There are lots of folks finally deleting their Windows setups and moving to Linux full time because they can finally play their AAA titles on Linux without any installation hassles.

zaarn 8y ago
I'm probs gonna wait a bit on it, Rainbow6:Siege and other multiplayer titles should give this a go or nogo, hopefully a Go, atm they don't work due to the ubisoft installer thingy. Once R6 has migrate my Windows VM will be deleted. It's probably true for a few other people aswell, Multiplayer and third party launchers need to work.
- MaxBarraclough 8y ago
  Rainbow 6 Siege uses Direct3D 11, apparently. I hope that more titles add Vulkan support - I presume that would make the job of a Linux compatibility-layer, considerably easier.
- deadbunny 8y ago
  The issue with multiplayer games isn't the game usually it's the anticheat. In R6:S case BattleEye; who have stated they only provide Linux clients for games which officially support Linux.
  - zaarn 8y ago
    Maybe, they could also start supporting Steam Play games using Proton considering it's a native (ie, native to the steam platform) solution or detect and block the platform. Otherwise you'd have people getting banned for doing nothing wrong, which is something BE and all anticheats want to avoid at all costs.
    - synotna 8y ago
      Anticheat is an orthogonal problem, the issue is not having the system run but a completely separate stack of detections to build & maintain
      - zaarn 8y ago
        Not quite, the problem is that Anticheat regularly bans emulation software, ie Wine, and they don't really want to do anything about it. They could simply flip a switch and Wine would work with their Anticheat. Plus, they do have a separate stack for running on Linux in case the product supports Linux, so that's no excuse either.
  - briffle 8y ago
    The same problem with Player Uknown Battlegrounds, and many other titles. It seems like once they can fix this, they will have many more titles that work.
spacehome 8y ago
I'm pretty sure this is exactly Valve's planned impact. Like everybody else who builds atop another's platform, I think they're nervous that Microsoft could decimate their business on a whim.
- TheRealDunkirk 8y ago
  Well then it's really great that Microsoft is going around buying up things like LinkedIn and GitHub, so that people who base their livelihoods on those products are similarly secure. /sarcasm
  - Piskvorrr 8y ago
    Github has drop-in replacements. Windows...not so much.
  - spacehome 8y ago
    It's not a joke to Valve.
- MrMember 8y ago
  I'd have to look to dig up an interview link, but I'm pretty sure that's what kicked off Valve's Linux-based "Steam box" initiative several years ago. They looked at Microsoft's moves towards a curated app store in which Microsoft has full control and they wanted an alternative distribution method.

zaarn 8y ago

I'm probs gonna wait a bit on it, Rainbow6:Siege and other multiplayer titles should give this a go or nogo, hopefully a Go, atm they don't work due to the ubisoft installer thingy. Once R6 has migrate my Windows VM will be deleted. It's probably true for a few other people aswell, Multiplayer and third party launchers need to work.

MaxBarraclough 8y ago
Rainbow 6 Siege uses Direct3D 11, apparently. I hope that more titles add Vulkan support - I presume that would make the job of a Linux compatibility-layer, considerably easier.
deadbunny 8y ago
The issue with multiplayer games isn't the game usually it's the anticheat. In R6:S case BattleEye; who have stated they only provide Linux clients for games which officially support Linux.
- zaarn 8y ago
  Maybe, they could also start supporting Steam Play games using Proton considering it's a native (ie, native to the steam platform) solution or detect and block the platform. Otherwise you'd have people getting banned for doing nothing wrong, which is something BE and all anticheats want to avoid at all costs.
  - synotna 8y ago
    Anticheat is an orthogonal problem, the issue is not having the system run but a completely separate stack of detections to build & maintain
    - zaarn 8y ago
      Not quite, the problem is that Anticheat regularly bans emulation software, ie Wine, and they don't really want to do anything about it. They could simply flip a switch and Wine would work with their Anticheat. Plus, they do have a separate stack for running on Linux in case the product supports Linux, so that's no excuse either.
- briffle 8y ago
  The same problem with Player Uknown Battlegrounds, and many other titles. It seems like once they can fix this, they will have many more titles that work.

spacehome 8y ago

I'm pretty sure this is exactly Valve's planned impact. Like everybody else who builds atop another's platform, I think they're nervous that Microsoft could decimate their business on a whim.

TheRealDunkirk 8y ago
Well then it's really great that Microsoft is going around buying up things like LinkedIn and GitHub, so that people who base their livelihoods on those products are similarly secure. /sarcasm
- Piskvorrr 8y ago
  Github has drop-in replacements. Windows...not so much.
- spacehome 8y ago
  It's not a joke to Valve.
MrMember 8y ago
I'd have to look to dig up an interview link, but I'm pretty sure that's what kicked off Valve's Linux-based "Steam box" initiative several years ago. They looked at Microsoft's moves towards a curated app store in which Microsoft has full control and they wanted an alternative distribution method.