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5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Happy birthday, Proton!

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

At least initially this was mostly DXVK though, which is a project that was secretly funded by Valve after it showed some promising initial results. Edit: but I agree that WINE deserves more credit.

[–] silvercove@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

as someone else said, it's a "standing on the shoulders of giants" moment for Valve