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There's still room for improvement, but Linux gaming has come a long way in a short time. (lemmy.world)
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I remember when Proton launched it was like magic playing games like Doom and Nier Automata straight from the Linux Steam client with excellent performance. I do not miss the days of having the Windows version of Steam installed separately.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fresh from the oven https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/snap-store-from-canonical-hit-with-malicious-apps/

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks, that's actually valid!
I think one of the commenters there said it best:

It's almost like the maintainers who curate a distribution repository have an important role preventing such a thing...

Repositories where anyone can release packages to the end-users may be convenient for developers who want more control over what the user gets, but it has a host of negative consequences for the user. It always ends in malware and anti-features getting distributed eventually.

(link)

And it looks like it's being handled decently by Canonical. I don't like Snap, but I gotta say they're doing a good job overall