And it gets worse, through system updates there are old native games that no longer work on modern systems. Meanwhile I can grab a random windows game from the 90s or early 2000s and it’ll probably work via proton.
Tbf there are old native games on Windows that don’t work on new systems. Few years ago when I was still using Win10 I couldn’t get LOTR BFME to run. I think it’s just part of an evolving ecosystem.
Speaking of, I should see if I can install BFME on Linux. I still have my old hard copy hanging around :>
Yup, just find the Proton version that works and you’re good. Games can be kept running much longer with compatibility layers much like how emulators keep console games going.
I have a physical copy of Heavy Gear 2 native for Linux. Tried getting it to work some time during late Covid era and just gave up and pirated the windows copy to run through Lutris.
Going forward I think that flatpaks can be great to keep things running in the future, or app images or bottles.
Just, something that installs a specific version of the libraries it needs for that game only separate from the rest of the system
And that’s basically what Proton is, it’s just containerized Windows APIs. Whether you’re translating from old Linux or old Windows isn’t really interesting, the interesting part is being able to capture it in a capsule and keep that capsule working long term.
We’ll probably end up containerizing the containers, and that’s fine as long as overhead is low.
And it gets worse, through system updates there are old native games that no longer work on modern systems. Meanwhile I can grab a random windows game from the 90s or early 2000s and it’ll probably work via proton.
Tbf there are old native games on Windows that don’t work on new systems. Few years ago when I was still using Win10 I couldn’t get LOTR BFME to run. I think it’s just part of an evolving ecosystem.
Speaking of, I should see if I can install BFME on Linux. I still have my old hard copy hanging around :>
Looked it up and someone had it running via a steam deck so looks like you’re set.
Yup, just find the Proton version that works and you’re good. Games can be kept running much longer with compatibility layers much like how emulators keep console games going.
I have a physical copy of Heavy Gear 2 native for Linux. Tried getting it to work some time during late Covid era and just gave up and pirated the windows copy to run through Lutris.
Going forward I think that flatpaks can be great to keep things running in the future, or app images or bottles.
Just, something that installs a specific version of the libraries it needs for that game only separate from the rest of the system
Just containerize native linux games.
And that’s basically what Proton is, it’s just containerized Windows APIs. Whether you’re translating from old Linux or old Windows isn’t really interesting, the interesting part is being able to capture it in a capsule and keep that capsule working long term.
We’ll probably end up containerizing the containers, and that’s fine as long as overhead is low.