Tony Bark@pawb.social to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoSteam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simplerwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down19cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cagaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1520arrow-down1external-linkSteam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simplerwww.gamingonlinux.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square66linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cagaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up110arrow-down1·5 days agoThat setting defaults to off. Changing the default to on means new users won’t have to figure out it exists, and shows confidence in proton
minus-squareThaurin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 days agoYes, exactly. I wonder how many new, non-technical users tried Proton for the first time with the setting off and decided it was crap because nothing worked. I’m glad Valve decided to do this now.
minus-squaremrvictory1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI have seen the other way around, a friend had Steam installed on their Linux PC but Proton was off and she didn’t know what it was.
That setting defaults to off. Changing the default to on means new users won’t have to figure out it exists, and shows confidence in proton
Yes, exactly. I wonder how many new, non-technical users tried Proton for the first time with the setting off and decided it was crap because nothing worked. I’m glad Valve decided to do this now.
I have seen the other way around, a friend had Steam installed on their Linux PC but Proton was off and she didn’t know what it was.
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