Valve has quietly up to date the Steam Beta Consumer to allow Proton by default for all Home windows video games on Linux, eliminating the necessity for customers to toggle compatibility settings manually. GamingOnLinux stories: For some context right here: initially, Proton had an choice to allow / disable it globally. That was eliminated with the Recreation Recording replace final 12 months. That made sense, as a result of individuals saved in some way turning it solely off and now it is required by Steam. Presently, there’s nonetheless an choice within the steady Steam Consumer that you should manually examine to allow Steam Play (Proton) for “all different titles”. That is one thing of a leftover from when Proton was initially revealed, and solely labored for a selected set of video games on Valve’s whitelist. It now covers what Valve set by default for Steam Deck and SteamOS verification.
What’s modified is that sooner or later within the latest Steam Beta releases, is that “for all different titles” choice is gone. I’ve scrolled again by changelogs and never seen it talked about. So now, Proton is simply enabled correctly in full by default within the Steam Beta like proven within the [image here]. This can be a good (and wanted) change that I am joyful to see. There’s usually confusion when individuals attempt to run Home windows video games on Linux and find yourself with no set up button as a result of Proton is not turned on for all titles. [This] will quickly be a factor of the previous. To be clear, this isn’t setting Proton on each sport by default, it doesn’t override Native Linux video games. It is simply making Proton accessible by default.