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@Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 days ago

7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

www.gamingonlinux.com

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7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

www.gamingonlinux.com

@Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 days ago
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It has been 7 years since Valve revealed Proton, their compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux systems. What an incredible time it has been.
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    well what has it been doing for the first 6 years

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      Building momentum for the year of the Linux.

      You know, the one we’ve been reading about for 20 years.

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        Bro actually said it’s the year of Linux

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          Considering october is the planned end of life for w10 I wouldn’t be surprised

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            That’s what drove me to switch my gaming PC to LMDE6. I ran W11 for a couple months after it came out, then switched back to W10 because fuck W11, then when W10 got the EOL announcement I bit the bullet, backed everything up, and wiped Windows from my drive. No ragrets.

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            That’s why I finally switched

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              And why I will as well

              What did you switch to?

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                I ended up with mint. The UI is familiar and it was very easy to set up. Most of my needs are simple. Browsing. Gaming. Occasional spreadsheet.

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                  I’m going with mint as well, hope it will be a good experience

                  I have already started searching for alternative software because I have a bunch that support Windows only currently

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            It’s not over til it’s over

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