4w ago

Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simpler

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TLDR: the checkbox for "enable proton for all other titles" is forced on, and hidden.
If you already have this enabled, there's nothing to gain from the beta client.
- Hiding it is weiird
  Thanks for tldr
  
  Why would you want to turn it off?
Probably should have been default on for 3 years now. Proton has been very good for a while.
- Yeah outside of anti cheat I can't think of a game that didn't work. I no longer even think about compatibility when I'm buying games on steam.
  
  It's rare, thank god, but I did run in some issues with very new releases. Expedition 33 has weird graphical issues and The Alters doesn't even start.
What does this mean in practice?
- It means you don’t need to turn on proton for unsupported games the first time you start steam
  (or alternatively you won’t be briefly confused why unsupported Windows games don’t launch on a fresh install)
- I think it just means Steam always offers proton for windows games by default. Current you have to set it to all games in the options or set compatibility manually for each game.
- It just enabled proton for all games by default instead of having to manually turn the option on. Just one less thing to have to remember or do now for all games with proton.

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