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It looks like this is getting a lot of hate, but I think there's clearly some truth to it. As an initial effort to bring a huge library of games to Linux, Proto
by pxc 4y ago
It looks like this is getting a lot of hate, but I think there's clearly some truth to it. As an initial effort to bring a huge library of games to Linux, Proton is brilliant and a huge achievement. But it does feel less secure, in the long run, than having developers writing games for Linux as a first-class platform from the start.
Idk what the transition plan could look like, but eventually we should hope to see the Steam Deck treated like any other console with highly optimized, native ports, and then hopefully some of that can be reused for 'more native' general Linux ports.
- scheeseman486 4y agoIt isn't less secure, win32 programs have just as much as access as native binaries do. Valve also runs Proton in a container. Not to say the current implementation is secure though, only that the use of Wine/Proton makes no difference.