The Definitive Guide to Steam Play & Proton
1,041What is Proton and how is it different from GE-Proton? And what about Luxtorpeda? How do they work and how do you use them? You’ve probably heard of Steam Play. It’s how Valve makes Windows games playable on Linux/Steam OS. But if you’ve ever taken a deeper look into it, you might have seen mentions of "Proton 9.0-4e," "Proton Experimental," or even "GE-Proton."
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00:00 Introduction
01:00 Why do we need Compatibility Layers?
03:39 What about performance?
05:09 WINE - WINE Is Not an Emulator
07:03 Proton Explained
07:59 What is Proton Experimental?
09:35 GE-Proton and other community builds
10:19 How do you use these tools?
11:12 How to determine which Proton version to use
12:52 What else can Steam Play do?
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