From 0 To 6000: Celebrating One Year Of Proton, Valve's Brilliant Linux Gaming Solution | Linux Today

From 0 To 6000: Celebrating One Year Of Proton, Valve’s Brilliant Linux Gaming Solution

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 26, 2019

One year ago, Valve completely changed the conversation we were having about gaming on Linux. One year ago, playing thousands of Windows-exclusive games on Linux by simply hitting that Install button in your Steam client was impossible. Fast forward to today, and there are a whopping 6000 of those games verified playable through Steam thanks to a brilliant little solution called Proton.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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