Steam Play: Proton
Proton
is program released by Valve. It is integrated into Steam Play to make
playing Microsoft Windows games on GNU+Linux a simple process. Proton
is combined with Proton D9VK for Direct3D 9, DXVK for Direct3D 10 and
11, and VKD3D for Direct3D 12.
A community fork
known as Proton GE (GloriousEggroll) Edition is an unofficial build of
Proton. It is maintained by Thomas Crider. The benefit of Proton GE over
using the Valve provided official Proton is Proton GE will come with
game fixes you need right away. Some patches introduced by this fork are
merged with the official Proton builds provided by Valve.
Need
to know what games are working well under Proton? ProtonDB is an
unofficial community website that collects and displays detailed data on
how an individual got a particular game to work. It tells you what
Linux distribution, kernel version, graphics card type along with driver
version, and last but not least, commands for launch options. The
rating scale is from "Borked" to "Platinum".
The rating scale as written on ProtonDB
Platinum: Runs perfectly out of the box
Gold: Runs perfectly after tweaks
Silver: Runs with minor issues, but generally is playable
Bronze: Runs, but often crashes or has issues preventing from playing comfortably
Borked: Either won't start or is crucially unplayable
There’s
about 100 games every month that get a Platinum rating according to
ProtonDB. Platinum sets the bar high. Games with that rating just work
out of the box like native Windows 10 or macOS 10 games without
requiring end-user tweaking.
The
biggest problem to overcome is the anti-cheat software that's required
for many multiplayer games. Valve is working on with services like Easy
Anti-Cheat, but but as of this posting I honestly don't see anything
with that changing soon.
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