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Linux overtakes macOS users on Steam thanks to Steam Deck (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Their translation layer is basically a rip of Proton.

Of CodeWeavers' Wine which I already mentioned. Proton is more than just Wine but Apple's implementation does not use the Vulkan translation but their own Metal wrapper.