Tag: windows pretendulation
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How-To Geek: “Why You Should Use Proton Instead of the Steam Linux Runtime”
You should really just go play Escape Goat 2
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Native Linux Games vs Windows API Compatibility Layers on the Steam Deck
I spoke with Ryan C. Gordon, a renowned Linux developer for the past 22 years, today over a text chat to get his thoughts on the Steam Deck and native Linux ports in the light of Valve’s call for developers not to port games to Linux and instead rely on their Proton fork of WINE…
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Windows Pretendulation Is Bad Even When Valve Does It
Valve’s Pierre-Loup A. Griffais announced that they’re including their brand new fork of the WINE Windows pretendulator in a new beta product for Steam. They call it Proton. WINE is an open-source Windows API emulation layer that lets Linux users play Windows games without rebooting into Windows. I call this process “pretendulation” because it isn’t emulating…