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Re:Proton 5.0, a package to run Windows games on Linux by MagnumPIG on Saturday February 08, 2020 @04:58PM (#22278712)
Is that the DRM bdefore mentioned? Because if so, they fixed it.
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Re:Proton 5.0, a package to run Windows games on Linux by bdefore on Saturday February 08, 2020 @05:02PM (#22278745)
No, EAC/BattlEye are unfortunately much trickier problems, since they are effectively rootkits that can't play nice with Wine translations of Windows APIs. This is arguably Proton's biggest challenge at the moment, since it affects the marquis popular multiplayer games such as Fortnite.
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