fennesz12@feddit.dk to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFigured you guys might enjoy this. A screenshot of my gaming desktop and wine experiments from 2013.feddit.dkexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down17
arrow-up1374arrow-down1external-linkFigured you guys might enjoy this. A screenshot of my gaming desktop and wine experiments from 2013.feddit.dkfennesz12@feddit.dk to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareGreenMinusBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoFrom the time we used Wine instead of Proton :)
minus-squareGreenMinusBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoIts somewhat the same today. Its just packaged wine, into proton. Valve pays for Proton a.k.a Wine releases. TLDR: Steam didnt make Linux gaming viable. Wine did, Steam just made it more mainstream and easier to implement.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThey also created a market incentive for devs to at least consider compatiblity with the program due to the steam deck.
minus-squareflameleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoAnd we used PlayOnLinux to install Windows games using CDs and DVDs
minus-squareGreenMinusBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoHaha used the PlayOnLinux GUI like total noobs, remember those days clearly lol
From the time we used Wine instead of Proton :)
Today?
Its somewhat the same today. Its just packaged wine, into proton. Valve pays for Proton a.k.a Wine releases. TLDR: Steam didnt make Linux gaming viable. Wine did, Steam just made it more mainstream and easier to implement.
They also created a market incentive for devs to at least consider compatiblity with the program due to the steam deck.
And we used PlayOnLinux to install Windows games using CDs and DVDs
Haha used the PlayOnLinux GUI like total noobs, remember those days clearly lol