Proton
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Proton is a tool for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on Linux kernel operating system. It uses Wine to facilitate this.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Steam
Features
Proton News & Activities
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Recent News
- Paul published news article about Proton
- Paul published news article about Proton
- Paul published news article about Proton
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Greetings. Welcome. Let us Begin.
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On we go...
A few reasons this list exists:
Primarily - I am trying to prepare, publish, market, etc. a musical project I've been working on for the last little while. To get a T-shirt design up along with a sensible artist bio and some quality 'finished' music is the goal so that the project can be advertised and funded and then finished and released for you, the glorious interested public, to sink ur dirty little bloodsucking teeth into ;) but i have autism and add and a bunch of other seriously cute disabilities that have been... anyway, stuff gets tough sum times, even with all the privileges of my particular identifiers, whatever, point is I'm just trying to get shit done as best and fast and effectively as I can lol.
Secondly,
I'm trying to migrate to a Linux desktop as my main rig ASAP from Mac and using this list as a way of making it as seamless as possible. I just want to run Windows and Mac VMs inside the Linux setup - just to have them available - rolling of the eyes - ...this migration has been started and stopped and left some version of my productive, creative self in some kind of hellscape limbo, feels to my nervous system a bit like what I imagine the Shrike's Tree of ??? (look up) to imbue upon it's Users.
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... a list in progress. (aka check back ... you never know where or when the story is going to update itself ;) best thing to do is... whatever u want lol
apps I like
Just a curated list of stuff I use often.
PC gaming
These are list of must have apps for PC gaming.




















Comments and Reviews
Really a lifesaver, thx Steam
Built on Wine, built into Steam. For the most part you don't even need to know it's there, the Steam client will just configure Proton for the game you're playing.
Proton only runs on linux due to mac-os lacking a lot of the api. "Just in case you are asking about running Proton on macOS natively (I'm not sure after reading your question): Proton does not work natively on macOS, end of story. macOS is missing several APIs to make this support viable:
eventfd syscall is Linux-specific, without good alternative on macOS
Apple does not support Vulkan, which is needed for DXVK
Apple deprecated OpenGL support, which is needed for WineD3D
macOS is missing support for Python 3 OOTB" -https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/gt3fat/comment/fs9526e/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Just don't overrate it. Most multiplayer games with Anti-cheat don't work even with latest Proton 7.0-1b.
great way to play on linux
Really nice. I can play all my Games on Linux.
Thank you Valve for your work to make Linux even better.