News Wine hits 4.0, Valve's Proton extends outside Steam

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  1. bit-tech

    bit-tech Supreme Overlord Lover of bit-tech Administrator

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  2. perplekks45

    perplekks45 LIKE AN ANIMAL!

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    Maybe soon it'll be viable to go with Ubuntu or something similar for a gaming rig. Can't stand the direction MS is developing Windows 10 towards.
     
  3. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    I hope so.

    Cherry on the cake is if they do nvidia drivers for linux that run gsync on freesync. #iwantthemoononastick
     
  4. Yaka

    Yaka Multimodder

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    yeah this a decent step in the right direction. i only have win 10 install to feed my gaming needs
     
  5. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat.

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    This looks promising to me and, I've been doing some digging and it looks like my printer and soundcard are going to work under Linux.

    Now I just need to pull my finger out...

    That's the hard part!
     
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  6. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Musr resist urge to comment - gnnnnnrrrr * bites knuckle *

    But yeah, I know what you mean. Linux and the steam beta wine proton gubbins have made it to my laptop but never yet to the desktop. It's just a matter of doing.
     
  7. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat.

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    I am not going to comment on where my finger needs to be pulled from... :eeek:
     
  8. ModSquid

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    "A recursive acronym for 'Wine Is Not an Emulator'"

    Really? Not "Windows In Non-native Environments"?
     
  9. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Really truly. It's the very first sentence you see on WineHQ:
     
  10. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    A recursive acronym then.
     
  11. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    Those interested in this item may also wish to investigate Lutris - a game manager that uses custom WINE scripts to make modern Windows games work on Linux, even still-developing ones like Star Citizen.
     
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