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Steam Deck

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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

...and nobody mentions WINE that did the work for years, before it was boosted by Proton development.

We were playing Windows games before Proton, although the library was far smaller and nothing rarely worked without some extra steps.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago

Also DXVK, though the period of time where DXVK existed and Proton didn't is rather short (a little bit more than half a year).

[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Damnit valve, stop changing my games

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] jouhija@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

Game-changer ...

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 3 days ago

Yeah, changing from Windows-compatible to Linux-compatible.