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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!

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[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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. 🫩

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Pol Pot logic.

[–] strongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

The Rust guy is saying that almost all of the 0.1% were cheaters so just removing their access by flicking a switch in EAC is a simple fix to the cheaters there.

They of course have cheaters on Windows too but that's an ongoing problem and more complicated for them to fix.

He's just picking low hanging fruit to address his cheater problem on Rust instead of finding a proper solution that would probably involve a way too costly rebuild of key services.