fennesz12@feddit.dk to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoFigured you guys might enjoy this. A screenshot of my gaming desktop and wine experiments from 2013.feddit.dkimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down12
arrow-up1306arrow-down1imageFigured 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 · 10 hours agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareGreenMinusBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·7 hours agoFrom the time we used Wine instead of Proton :)
minus-squareflameleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·56 minutes agoAnd we used PlayOnLinux to install Windows games using CDs and DVDs
minus-squareGreenMinusBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·54 minutes agoHaha used the PlayOnLinux GUI like total noobs, remember those days clearly lol
minus-squareGreenMinusBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours 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 hour agoThey also created a market incentive for devs to at least consider compatiblity with the program due to the steam deck.
From the time we used Wine instead of Proton :)
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
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.