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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Non-steam games can be added to Steam and run from there. There are also other launchers such as Lutris and Heroic that can help you install, manage, and run games from other marketplaces or other non-standard sources.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Figured as much, as proton seems to be focused purely on handheld devices needing launchers etc. But thats ok, means they are (hopefully) upstreaming back to wine

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Proton is not specifically focused on handhelds. It's definitely an all-platforms thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

You'll still be using proton in Lutris or Bottles most likely, at least for games. Proton is just a compatibility layer. Proton is absolutely not focused on handhelds. It's just performance improvements for Wine for Windows games.

You may be thinking of SteamOS.