Valve's new Proton 11 update is a retro gamer's dream
… Sign in to your XDA account Summary Proton 11 has officially been released — it improves Windows game compatibility on the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Linux-based desktops. …
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Classic Capcom horror games are now playable on Linux's Proton—here's how to try them early
… Then right-click the game you want to use Proton Experimental on, pick Properties Compatibility, check "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool," and select Proton Experimental. …
Valve's latest Proton update fixes a nasty Diablo IV game-breaking bug on Linux
… Proton 11.0-2 fixes a critical issue with Diablo IV Plus, more games are compatible with Proton now Over on the project's GitHub page , Valve details what Proton 11.0-2's release candidate has in store. …
Linux gamers spent a decade asking for native ports, but Valve gave them something better
… A well-oiled native port will likely always beat a compatibility layer like Proton, but it takes constant maintenance. …
Valve isn't ditching Windows or x86, but it's quietly making both optional
… In the Proton stack, FEX handles the CPU instruction translation; the Windows API and graphics compatibility layers Wine, DXVK, VKD3D-Proton still do the heavy lifting on the API side. FEX solves the instruction-set problem; Proton still has to solve the Windows problem. …
Proton got so good I keep forgetting which of my games were even built for Windows
… That's all thanks to Proton, Valve's compatibility layer that has made Windows games run on Linux almost as well as they do on Windows, even without any work from the developers. …
Wine 11.6 just made modding Windows games on Linux easier, and Proton could be next
… Wine 11.6 also adds VBScript fixes and many bug tweaks; Proton may adopt these improvements. When we talk about how far Linux has come in PC gaming, we often focus on performance and compatibility. …
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless
… Proton is built on Wine, but it isn't Wine Proton adds a lot for gamers Proton is Valve's compatibility stack for running Windows games through Steam on Linux. …
Steam is running on the Switch thanks to the latest Proton beta
… In the thread under their initial post, @aagaming.me says that they have shared "a working copy of proton arm + steamrt arm that you can drop right into conpatibilitytools.d to play games with this client." Steam Linux ARM64 beta on Switch — aagaming @aagaming.me 2026-04-16T23:18:20.813Z The Proton… …
Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive
… Valve has already added the NTSYNC kernel driver to SteamOS 3.7.20 beta, loading the module by default, and an unofficial Proton fork, Proton GE, already has it enabled. When Valve's official Proton rebases on Wine 11, every Steam Deck owner gets this for free. …