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- gnuhaut ( @gnuhaut@lemmy.ml ) 27•4 months ago
I have never used the Steam beta or Proton-GE or whatever information is spreading out there to noobs about what they should do, and I’ve been gaming exclusively on Linux for more than 20 years. Only do this beta or bleeding edge stuff if you have a problem, and a good reason to believe that will help (like people reporting your specific issue is fixed in beta). Or I guess if you’re bored out of your mind. And expect other issues since it’s fucking beta.
- ryannathans ( @ryannathans@aussie.zone ) 30•4 months ago
Proton GE is pretty standard and actually a necessity to play many games like fallout 76 on steam
- JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) English8•4 months ago
I needed Proton GE to play The Witcher 3, which was released in 2015.
- gnuhaut ( @gnuhaut@lemmy.ml ) 4•4 months ago
This seems to work with regular Proton these days, it’s even SteamDeck verified.
- JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) English3•4 months ago
Well, it doesn’t launch on my machine unless I’m using Proton GE. I have tried regular Proton.
- Corr ( @Corr@lemm.ee ) 2•3 months ago
I think this is an issue in using the updated version with the graphics overhaul. You can change that in the launcher. But if you found Something that works then you rock it.
- ulkesh ( @ulkesh@beehaw.org ) English4•3 months ago
GloriousEggroll among a few others, and Valve of course, are the main reasons Linux gaming is now effectively solved (aside from anti-cheats where there’s nothing to do if some developers don’t want to support Linux).
I haven’t yet watched the video, but I agree I’ve not needed to use Steam beta at all. While it’s around 70% of tracked games being labeled Gold or higher on protondb, I have found that with proton-ge, 100% of the games I’ve tried have worked without issue (on the order of 30ish games thus far).
I won’t be going back to Windows, ever. So it kinda stinks that some devs just won’t support Linux for anti-cheat (like Lost Ark, etc). But it’s a price I’m willing to pay to not be spied on.
- Max-P ( @Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me ) 15•4 months ago
That guy’s channel got blessed by the algorithm, got it recommended yesterday as well.
- boredsquirrel ( @boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net ) 12•3 months ago
Cool video, but sometimes… people should wait a bit before giving advice.
Really cool experience report, but advising stuff like hunting for .deb’s on the Internet is just not good.
- morgin ( @morgin@lemm.ee ) 4•4 months ago
Just watched your video on video editing/creation on linux earlier today, great watch