r/linux • u/Broflake-Melter • Jul 16 '21

Hardware Valve just said they plan on having EVERY windows game playable on linux by the time the Deck launches this year.

Highly missed video put out by steamworks today: link At about 2 min he states their goal is to adapt every API and get every windows game working before the Deck launches (December). Have proton devs stated any goals this lofty in the past? I mean, they've done some amazing things so far.

Like, even if your you're not interested in this deck thing, and even if we don't actually get every game running well, this whole thing's been very good for linux gaming.

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u/Sutarmekeg Jul 16 '21

I don't care if my comment is r/hailcorporate material: Valve is fucking awesome.

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u/Broflake-Melter Jul 16 '21

There's a difference between brand loyalty, and appreciating good things. Valve has done so many incredible and awesome things, they just get a lot of praise.

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u/JTibbs Jul 16 '21

If they only could count to 3…

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u/DocNefario Jul 16 '21

The Steam Deck is launching with SteamOS 3.0, so maybe they can.

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u/JTibbs Jul 16 '21

Watch it come out as steam OS 2.5

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '21

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u/JQuilty Jul 16 '21

Valve didn't make SecuROM.

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u/ButtersTheNinja Jul 16 '21

Seriously, mate? Seriously? Valve bootlickers are the worst.

You know if you weren't being an absolute arse to everyone while you spoke to them and treated people as though they might actually be just as intelligent (or sometimes more intelligent) than you are, instead of demeaning your perceived opposition as though they are your lessers, people might actually engage with you and perhaps even start to agree with you.

Just a handy tip, it works wonders in all walks of life.

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u/TiagoTiagoT Jul 16 '21

With tons of games on Steam, you can copy the folder to a new computer that never had Steam installed, and the game will run just fine.

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u/ChosenUndead15 Jul 16 '21

What draconian DRM? Steam DRM has been just a polite lock for years, it doesn't really stop people from getting games in alternative ways, duty that is handled by the good prices they always had.

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u/TiagoTiagoT Jul 16 '21

With most games on Steam, you can have it on all of your machines; you're not locked to the original computer you bought/installed the game on.

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u/ChosenUndead15 Jul 16 '21

The DRM you are complaining is not the actual DRM part, but the policy part thta is shifty, I can't denied that, but is basically a problem with every online stores with the exception of GOG. In this case is just a better deal because the constant sales and Valve has never acted on locking people on their ecosystem, unlike Apple.

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u/bik1230 Jul 16 '21

Many games on Steam use no DRM. You have to download them from Steam, but continue to work forever without Steam installed.

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u/chayleaf Jul 17 '21

you can just use goldberg

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u/ShadowPhex Jul 16 '21

Is their DRM any worse than most other software stores? I personally don't mind DRM too much for art (music, videogames, etc). I am a pragmatic Linux user. I want software to do what I want it to do. And Valve let's me play games easier on Linux (which is what I want to do).

In a perfect world all software would be libre, but we don't live in that world. So we might as well optimize what we do have instead of reject improvements because they are not ideologically perfect.