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Switched to Mint, couple questions (lemmy.world)
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I've made the jump to Mint for my gaming PC. I work primarily on Ubuntu systems (cli, no gui) so it was a pretty simple choice. I installed GE proton, which fixed the lobby audio bug in phasmophobia, is there any reason I shouldn't just use that version of proton for all steam games?

One other question, evolution looks pretty solid for mail, any reason I should look elsewhere?

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I installed GE proton, which fixed the lobby audio bug in phasmophobia, is there any reason I shouldn't just use that version of proton for all steam games?

Typically if you install a specific version to fix a specific bug, that version will be static (to maintain the bugfix) and may not get future Proton updates rolled into it (unless someone is actively maintaining that special version).

It's best to stick with the default Proton version (which should be the latest stable build) except when you need to fix a specific problem, and assign specific fix versions only for the game/application that requires it.

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

proton ge is actively maintained: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom - same guy that maintains nobara linux.

it's essentially proton experimental with extra patches and more up to date dxvk etc etc. While it is the bleeding edge of proton experimental, and all the other components, it's pretty stable in my experience. But as always: experimenting with different proton versions is key, what works - works.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ooh, that's nice, I might have to try that myself.

Is it just one guy's project though? that kind of thing worries me in an xkcd #2347 kind of way.

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is it just one guy’s project though? that kind of thing worries me in an xkcd #2347 kind of way.

honestly I don't know. That's a fair point, though I don't really consider proton-ge to be mission critical by any means.

[–] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

It is mostly just the one guy. But afaik a lot of the maintenance involved is just bumping versions up to the latest version, which besides testing shouldn't really take much work.

I think he also sometimes adds his own patches for games, which would be a lot more work for one person of course. But this doesn't happen every release.