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Valve has contributed a ton of work to Ubuntu/Linux. They’ve pretty much single handedly turned around Linux gaming to the point where I can safely expect most

Valve has contributed a ton of work to Ubuntu/Linux. They’ve pretty much single handedly turned around Linux gaming to the point where I can safely expect most windows-exclusive games on steam will run smoothly on Ubuntu. Freeloading couldn’t be farther from the truth.

cheez 7y ago
> They’ve pretty much single handedly turned around Linux gaming to the point where I can safely expect most windows-exclusive games on steam will run smoothly on Ubuntu. Wait... What? When did this happen?
- zwerdlds 7y ago
  It's called Proton and the repo is here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton
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simion314 7y ago
This is not fair or true, Wine developers did a lot of work, the big progress happened recently because Vulkan drivers that allowed a better reimplementation of Directx11, Dx9 worked fine before Proton and Vulkan. Valve made a big contribution now but is not correct to give them all the credit.
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MegaDeKay 7y ago
> Freeloading couldn’t be farther from the truth. Exactly this. For example, from Phoronix just today: "Valve Is Funding Improvements To KDE's KWin & More Work On X.Org" https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Valve-Funding-KWin-Work https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Valve-Fu...