Valve released Proton 10.0-3, the latest main stable version of the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux / SteamOS machines like Steam Deck. And now the Steam Machine and Steam Frame too of course whenever they arrive sometime in 2026.
The secret sauce that makes Linux gaming so amazing now, enabling tens of thousands of games to run well, just not those with certain types of anti-cheat which is a continuing problem. It’s been a long road to get here, with Proton 10 being in some form of Beta since April. But it’s here now!
Those games that “can’t” run on Linux due to AAA developers and publishers being assholes should be left to die on Windows, Linux is a worthy investment if you have the patience to learn how it works and these days there are options to make the switch easy even for those that are not tech savvy.
The rust head guy has his head up his ass about cheaters. Guy is military and thinks he’s at war with them or something and can’t realize that it’s just a game and that windows cheaters still exist plentifully.
Guessing there are similar oddballs out there deciding “no soup for you” because we’re “only” 3% of the hardware survey…assuming you include all those integrated GPUs running windows as actual gaming systems.
The more I thought about that statement, the more goofy it seems to me. Linux players make up .01% of your player base, Windows is basically the rest, but all the cheaters are in that .01% and they’re enough to ruin the game? Like come on bro. The math ain’t mathing there.
Been using Fedora for quite a while and will be moving to Arch when we get a new PC :D Proton is literally the reason why we did move to Linux much easier too! So far only had a few games not functional on Linux? But honestly think its our laptop being shit more than anything lmao
In case you don’t know, for any of those games that don’t work, check ProtonDB. Often some easy additions to run arguments get it going and people post them here
