Big props to Valve. They've put in substantial effort to make gaming on Linux a seamless experience...so much so I think they're planning a re-launch of Steam machines...possibly as a dedicated VR...
Big props to Valve.
They've put in substantial effort to make gaming on Linux a seamless experience...so much so I think they're planning a re-launch of Steam machines...possibly as a dedicated VR platform. They're more of a pioneer there and less of a 'new entrant to TV gaming consoles.'
They could sell as a full kit without hard dependencies on any one vendor.
An interesting additional upside to Proton: it sometimes lets you get around subpar native releases. For example, the Borderlands 2 native Linux release has not been updated to keep parity with...
An interesting additional upside to Proton: it sometimes lets you get around subpar native releases.
For example, the Borderlands 2 native Linux release has not been updated to keep parity with the Windows one, which locks out Linux users from playing multiplayer. By passing the Windows install through Proton, however, I'm able to play co-op with my husband just fine.
The same goes for the game Remnants of Naezith. The game's Linux build wouldn't even open for me, but it ran perfectly through Proton.
Certainly this isn't the ideal scenario (which would be a native release that is fully supported and functional), but it's definitely a better alternative to having a non-functional game.
Big props to Valve.
They've put in substantial effort to make gaming on Linux a seamless experience...so much so I think they're planning a re-launch of Steam machines...possibly as a dedicated VR platform. They're more of a pioneer there and less of a 'new entrant to TV gaming consoles.'
They could sell as a full kit without hard dependencies on any one vendor.
An interesting additional upside to Proton: it sometimes lets you get around subpar native releases.
For example, the Borderlands 2 native Linux release has not been updated to keep parity with the Windows one, which locks out Linux users from playing multiplayer. By passing the Windows install through Proton, however, I'm able to play co-op with my husband just fine.
The same goes for the game Remnants of Naezith. The game's Linux build wouldn't even open for me, but it ran perfectly through Proton.
Certainly this isn't the ideal scenario (which would be a native release that is fully supported and functional), but it's definitely a better alternative to having a non-functional game.