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Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simpler
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this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2025
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Why are people downvoting? You gave an edge case and an example of it in action... what is there to disagree with?
Probably because that's not the case, native Linux builds don't run the Windows version through proton, unless specifically told to. (As I discovered after asking the initial question)
They didn't claim the windows version was run through proton by default. They said that some linux versions do not play well with cross-OS multiplayer, and thus the windows version must be run for said functionality.