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Sure it sucks but ultimately it's the user's decision and Proton will allow the porting of other Windows apps. If you can use it to run a AAA game it could easi

Sure it sucks but ultimately it's the user's decision and Proton will allow the porting of other Windows apps. If you can use it to run a AAA game it could easily handle business apps. I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone say they'd switch to Linux but can't because it doesn't run [insert some Windows app here]. It's a net gain for Linux adoption.

dtx1 5y ago
This is sadly not true, since buisness apps use a much wider variety of windows APIs while games are mostly using a few (DirectX, OpenGL, Vulcan) APIs for most of what they do. You can see this with custom game launchers like League of Legends uses. The Game runs with basically native performance and without issues but the launcher is barely usable.
- weare138 5y ago
  Plenty of key business apps use DirectX, OpenGL, Vulcan like CAD applications and games still use other Windows APIs. It's open-source, people can build off Proton to add the rest. These games for generally designed for Win10 now which support for is somewhat lacking in Wine. Concentrating on the latest version of Windows and APIs is a huge step in the right direction.
  - dtx1 5y ago
    Don't get me wrong, such applications obviously profit from better 3D support in Wine but Proton won't make an impact on how well microsoft office or adobe cc products run in general.
  - robertlagrant 5y ago
    You're inverting the problem. The problem isn't that those things are used; the problem is they use lots of other things that aren't DirectX, OpenGL or Vulcan.
gentleman11 5y ago
It’s not the users decision though. They don’t even realize this creepy software gets installed and they don’t know what it does
- matheusmoreira 5y ago
  Yeah. Nobody reads terms and conditions, privacy policies... At least a decade ago I remember seeing one that reserved the right to scan my processes, my memory, my file system, take screenshots at any time as well as exfiltrate all of this data to remote servers. Basically a RAT.
- junon 5y ago
  To be entirely fair, with BattleEye it's 100% clear to the user it's being installed. They have a pop up for every game that uses it that states it's to be installed if they click 'OK'. But not all anti-cheat software does this, even those that install drivers, and it's not always clear.
- DynamicStatic 5y ago
  Oh yeah, except that big nice pop up.

dtx1 5y ago

This is sadly not true, since buisness apps use a much wider variety of windows APIs while games are mostly using a few (DirectX, OpenGL, Vulcan) APIs for most of what they do. You can see this with custom game launchers like League of Legends uses. The Game runs with basically native performance and without issues but the launcher is barely usable.

weare138 5y ago
Plenty of key business apps use DirectX, OpenGL, Vulcan like CAD applications and games still use other Windows APIs. It's open-source, people can build off Proton to add the rest. These games for generally designed for Win10 now which support for is somewhat lacking in Wine. Concentrating on the latest version of Windows and APIs is a huge step in the right direction.
- dtx1 5y ago
  Don't get me wrong, such applications obviously profit from better 3D support in Wine but Proton won't make an impact on how well microsoft office or adobe cc products run in general.
- robertlagrant 5y ago
  You're inverting the problem. The problem isn't that those things are used; the problem is they use lots of other things that aren't DirectX, OpenGL or Vulcan.

gentleman11 5y ago

It’s not the users decision though. They don’t even realize this creepy software gets installed and they don’t know what it does

matheusmoreira 5y ago
Yeah. Nobody reads terms and conditions, privacy policies... At least a decade ago I remember seeing one that reserved the right to scan my processes, my memory, my file system, take screenshots at any time as well as exfiltrate all of this data to remote servers. Basically a RAT.
junon 5y ago
To be entirely fair, with BattleEye it's 100% clear to the user it's being installed. They have a pop up for every game that uses it that states it's to be installed if they click 'OK'. But not all anti-cheat software does this, even those that install drivers, and it's not always clear.
DynamicStatic 5y ago
Oh yeah, except that big nice pop up.