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I've been hearing that line for close to two decades. I don't think Valve even supports their old GoldSrc games that they ported to run on Linux way back.
by thrower123 6y ago
I've been hearing that line for close to two decades. I don't think Valve even supports their old GoldSrc games that they ported to run on Linux way back.
- throwaway2048 6y agoAll Valve titles are linux native except Half-Life Alyx, including GoldSrc titles (Counterstrike, Half Life etc). VR support is still being worked on.
- thesquidofgol 6y agoHalf-Life Alyx has a Linux native build https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/05/half-life-alyx-now-available-on-linux-with-vulkan https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/05/half-life-alyx-now-ava...
- skohan 6y agoProton is still very new, and it's night-and-day better than any previous gaming experience on Linux. I don't think past trends necessarily apply
- thrower123 6y agoIt's a fancy version of Wine...
- skohan 6y agoFancy enough to be invisible to the user, such that games behave like native apps, and to give performance which is better than Windows in some cases. UX was the biggest obstacle to gaming on Linux, and proton solves it