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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 week 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 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I AM VERY BADASS

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

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