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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I absolute do remember the pre proton era, but for Linux users it should have been common knowledge that Proton exists and worked pretty well for years. And it's certainly less effort to try at least a little to get a game working you already own (by looking it up on protondb if it doesn't work right away) than to boot into Windows specifically for gaming.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I AM VERY BADASS

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes, so badass, clicking "install" on a Steam game.