Windows is undeniably convenient, but Linux puts you in charge
…Linux had no first-party answer for running Windows games, and the result of Proton being built is that the majority of the Steam library now runs on Linux with little to…
Search
Related topics:
Proton
Tracked topic
Proton
People also ask
What better compliment could there be?
Perhaps the best indicator of just how far Proton and Linux gaming have come is the fact that, even though games are designed for Windows first, Microsoft is reportedly aiming to bring Windows gaming up to par with Linux. That's according to a report from Windows Central's Zac Bowden earlier this year, which claims Microsoft is eyeing SteamOS as the benchmark for gaming performance. Again, the majority of these games are designed for Windows first, and somehow we're in a position where Windows is playing catch-up. That's how great Proton is. Of course, Proton can't fix everything, and some dev
Proton got so good I keep forgetting which of my games were even built for WindowsTop stories
I replaced over $1,000 in cloud subscriptions with one small home server
…Google AI Pro ($240 yearly) and iCloud ($36 yearly) 1Password Family ($72 yearly) Netflix ($322 yearly) Proton VPN ($120 yearly) ChatGPT Pro ($240 yearly) Backblaze (S3, $0.20 per 500GB per month…
I've been running SteamOS on a non-Steam mini PC, and it makes a better living room console than I expected
…The company then decided to take this further and launch hardware, and even got around to creating Proton, which revolutionized gaming on Linux. To say Gabe's company has been busy would…
Lossless Scaling is the only Steam Deck plugin worth your time, and here's why
…Lossless Scaling works on the Steam Deck? Yes, but Proton isn't the fix here Lossless Scaling has worked on Linux since early 2025, when an open-source developer put out lsfg…
Steam Machine Verified just made the mini PC the most interesting gaming device of 2026
…Community tools like ProtonDB will continue to fill in the gaps, but at least the direction is clear. The hardware is probably what people will talk about first, but the Verified badge…
The gaming Linux distro everyone's switching to just made sudo way more secure with your fingerprint
…Earlier in the year, we saw CachyOS dethrone Arch Linux as the top distro for reports in ProtonDB, which ended a year-long reign and showed a pattern of people checking out…
Magic Pointer won't save the Googlebook because Google still doesn't understand what PC users want
…That was because Valve spent years working on Proton, taking the work of the Wine project and building on top of it to ensure that even if a game isn't made…
I tested Gemini, Claude, and Lumo for my taxes — and one made a costly mistake
…Meanwhile, Google Docs and Proton Sheets don't play nicely with my dark mode flags or extensions. I did enjoy the benefits of Excel's dark mode, but without a Microsoft 365…
The year of the Linux desktop already happened, just not on desktops
…But in 2018, Valve introduced Proton, a compatibility layer based on Wine with a major focus on enabling Windows games to run on Linux without emulation. It had humble beginnings, but it…
I've been building x86 PCs for more than a decade, but I'm not sure my next computer will be one
…First up was FEX-Emu to translate x86 instructions to AArch64, and then Proton on top of that in order to translate Windows API calls to Linux. That's two layers of…