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Why are there so many different Proton versions? Proton 8, Proton 9, Experimental, GE-Proton

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Why are there so many different Proton versions? Proton 8, Proton 9, Experimental, GE-Proton

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Steam Deck@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 5 days ago

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Are you confused on why there's many different versions of Valve's Proton? The compatibility layer that runs Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. Here's a little guide on what it all means.

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For anyone who wants the same info without the ads see: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Proton-Versions

And for proton-ge: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom?tab=readme-ov-file#overview

Proton-sarek: https://github.com/pythonlover02/Proton-Sarek

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