Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows Games on Linux

Re:Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows G... by quantummkv on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @01:42AM (#17816583)

You have drinking too much google-aid. I have no love for windows but I am not sure as hell gonna replace it with something under Google's control. The windows surveillance machine pales in front of Google's monster.

> it's much better than the Windows monopoly on the desktop

Android monopoly on the smartphone is the worst kind of monopoly. At least windows give a damn about your security patches and small things such as being able to run the latest version of the OS without invoking arcane rituals. Making a custom ROM without any proprietary components? Not a chance.

I am all for Linux dominance on the desktop but not with any Google DNA in there.

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Re:Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows G... by moetech on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:19AM (#17816731)

>You have drinking too much google-aid.

I have no love for Google. I don't even have a Google account.

>Making a custom ROM without any proprietary components? Not a chance.

Lineage, Copperhead, and Replicant exist and work well. And they are all 100% Google-free.

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Re:Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows G... by dogma1138 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @05:35AM (#17817475)

None of the OSes you’ve mentioned work without proprietary blobs if your phone is not supported tough luck.

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Re:Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows G... by bopbop on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:51AM (#17818645)

This is true, but they do completely remove the google spyware from your android device where they work, even with the proprietary blobs.

It's also possible to get an AOSP device de-googled, or to de-google one.

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Re:Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows G... by dcbadacd on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:35AM (#17818556)

There's no reason not to go half the way rather than nowhere.

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