Has it really been that long? Apparently so. Valve originally announced their rebranding of Steam Play with Proton back on August 21st, 2018. Seems like a good time for a quick reflection being halfway to a decade old now with the tech that gave rise to the Steam Deck.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4952617

Happy birthday, Proton!

  • jsdz@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    It's what turned me into a Steam user. Still feels like a moral failing using non-free software, but it sure is fun.

    • NormalC
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      10 months ago

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  • mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    This is why i started using linux 4 years ago, without Proton probably wouldn't consider using it... Thanks valve!

    • sirsquid@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      I hear this story quite a lot. "Proton is what allowed me to switch" and yet people are still moaning at me for focusing on Proton and Valve and not Wine directly for the article lol

  • PeterPoopshit@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Dang I thought proton was older than that. I remember playing No Man's Sky on Linux around the time it was released on pc. I don't remember running a pirated copy of NMS just so I could make it run on wine but maybe I was. (you used to have to do that whether you owned the game or not if you wanted to play on Linux).