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I think it would be fairer to say: "Then WINE happened and Valve build things on top of WINE and now I can ..." People used WINE to play many games before Prot

I think it would be fairer to say: "Then WINE happened and Valve build things on top of WINE and now I can ..." People used WINE to play many games before Proton even existed for years and not just small titles. I still remember when I had to switch from Windows to GNU/Linux + WINE to play Starcraft 2 when it came out, because on Windows it would hang at some point in the campaign, with no way around it.

LelouBil 4y ago
Steam is also the only major game launcher that supports linux natively.
bryanlarsen 4y ago
Given that much of the money paying the WINE developers is coming from Valve, it's fair to give them much of the credit.
- follower 4y ago
  > Given that much of the money paying the WINE developers is coming from Valve Do you know of any data documenting total funding over the entire lifetime of the project from all the project corporate sponsors: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)#Corporate_sponsorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)#Corporate_spon... Not to mention there's been a lot of volunteer vision & contributions over the project's nearly 30-year history. So, I'd be reluctant to give Valve too much of the credit--as much as it may have had an impact over the most recent few years.