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Tony Bark to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish • 28 days ago

Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simpler

www.gamingonlinux.com

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Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simpler

www.gamingonlinux.com

Tony Bark to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish • 28 days ago
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At some point recently, Valve updated the Steam Beta Client with a change to the way Proton is enabled making Linux gaming easier.
  • @mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml
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    14•27 days ago

    And now Valve needs to figure out how to tell users which game works and which game doesn’t work. Maybe some kind of badge for Proton?

    • @root@aussie.zone
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      24•27 days ago

      Integrating ProtonDB into the steam client would be a nice.

      • @donio@lemmy.world
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        0•27 days ago

        I tend to do my Steam shopping in the browser and I use the ProtonDB-Peek userscript. This gives a ProtonDB status badge in the right column under the review links.

        • @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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          1•26 days ago

          Apparently, this is a browser extension (well, a script for a browser extension), so it works when you browse the Steam catalog through your web browser, but not through their client. Or did I miss anything?

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            Correct, that’s what I meant to imply in the first part of my comment. When I research new games I do that from a web browser and that’s when I care about Proton status the most so this works great for that. It does not help when using the Steam client.

            • @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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              1•26 days ago

              Thanks. You even did specify you used it from a browser, I wasn’t paying attention, sorry.

      • @zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com
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        0•27 days ago

        On steam deck there’s a decky add-on to do that

        • @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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          0•27 days ago

          We need decky for desktop steam.

          • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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            0•26 days ago

            Can you not install it? There’s really not much difference between a Steam Deck and a Linux desktop.

            • LiveLM
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              1•26 days ago

              You can, I’ve done it myself, but most plugins are geared to run in the Big Picture mode instead of the Desktop UI.

              For example, the SteamGridDB plugin only runs in Big Picture, and despite showing its menu option the desktop, clicking it gives you a broken window.
              Meanwhile, the CSS Loader plugin runs on both, and there some themes specifically geared to modify the desktop UI, like the lovely Metro for Steam skin recreation by Rose

    • @pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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      11•27 days ago

      Steam deck compatibility is close enough to the same thing.

      • @accideath@feddit.org
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        11•27 days ago

        A lot of games that that don’t work on steamdeck because they need more performance still work perfectly well with proton on a decent gaming rig

      • MentalEdge
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        4•27 days ago

        They’ve already expanded it into a non-deck-speciphic thing for the other compatible handhelds.

    • Magnum, P.I.
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      2•27 days ago

      https://github.com/OMGDuke/protondb-decky

      You mean like this?

      • @mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml
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        5•27 days ago

        Like that, but default on Steam client and store game page.

        • Magnum, P.I.
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          1•27 days ago

          Makes sense

      • @pathief@lemmy.world
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        1•27 days ago

        Unfortunately this doesn’t work on the store pages.

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