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Proton is a bit of a double-edged sword for gaming on Linux. On the one hand, it makes a lot of games playable on Linux that weren't previously. On the other ha
by hn8788 5y ago
Proton is a bit of a double-edged sword for gaming on Linux. On the one hand, it makes a lot of games playable on Linux that weren't previously. On the other hand, some developers have said that since Proton works well enough, they're going to stop officially supporting Linux versions of their games.
- _flux 5y agoThink however what happens if developers start actually targeting Proton, instead of Windows. Suddenly Microsoft isn't the one holding the reins :).
- MayeulC 5y agoYeah, well. Not as long as developers use Microsoft's headers for development. OTOH, if there was a Proton SDK...
- jogu 5y agoI could see how one might come away with this opinion but if you reflect on the nature of video games the fact of the matter is they're inherently proprietary software. Given that video games are more art than function, I think I'm okay with that too. If we accept that video games are proprietary, whether or not they target a native Linux runtime (which no standard exists) or a Valve blessed windows emulation runtime hardly matters. We as users have no power to build these applications for a desired runtime and it's unreasonable to expect publishers to work against an undefined moving target. History has already proven that this tends to be a worse experience in the long term for Linux users and even more recently native builds can be worse than Proton builds.