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Steam Play Proton 4.11 released, a pretty huge release pulling in D9VK and a replacement for esync

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    kfwyre
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    Proton is seriously amazing. It was what enabled me to switch over to using Linux full-time, and I'm far from your traditional Linux user in that I don't really know what I'm doing. All I really...

    Proton is seriously amazing. It was what enabled me to switch over to using Linux full-time, and I'm far from your traditional Linux user in that I don't really know what I'm doing.

    All I really need my computer to do is get me online, let me handle some documents, backup all my photos, and play some games, and Proton makes that last part happen for me. When it works, it's seamless and indistinguishable from native. I'm about to finish up a 20+ hour playthrough of the Windows-only game The Witness, and it has handled it easily, every step of the way.

    I've done a lot of testing and submitting to ProtonDB, and I'd ballpark the games I've tested that run flawlessly make up about 70% of my reports. Before Proton, switching to Linux meant losing a majority of my gaming library or having to potentially jump through a lot of hoops to get things up and running. Now it's the kind of low-maintenance, frictionless experience that caters to people like me who, as previously mentioned, have no idea what they're doing. I love it, and I think Wine, Proton, DXVK, and D9VK devs are magicians.

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    1. rmgr
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      I ran Linux on my desktop for a few months after Proton released. I ended up swapping back to Windows to get something sorted for my dad that I couldn't do under Linux. I've been meaning to go...

      I ran Linux on my desktop for a few months after Proton released. I ended up swapping back to Windows to get something sorted for my dad that I couldn't do under Linux. I've been meaning to go back to Linux for good but 2019 has been pretty hectic and I haven't really had a solid few days to reinstall and reconfigure...

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  2. kfwyre
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    They also updated their Steam Play whitelist with a swath of new titles. It's not super important given that you can enable Proton for any game if you want (and many non-whitelisted ones have...

    They also updated their Steam Play whitelist with a swath of new titles. It's not super important given that you can enable Proton for any game if you want (and many non-whitelisted ones have still run perfectly for me), but it's nice to see a growing bank of games that are officially supported.

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