Image: ValveĮither way, the immense hype around the console and the price tag that Valve has decided has led to many people reserving one for themselves. This will also benefit the Linux Desktop folks. However, thanks to the immense hype fuelled by Steam Deck’s announcement, games with built-in anti-cheat mechanisms should be playable out-of-the-box when people get their hands on the console. One of the problems that Proton and Steam Deck will have to tackle is anti-cheats like BattlEye and Easy Anti-Cheat. While Proton works very well, some games will still need tinkering to get started, but it’s getting better each day. However, playing Windows games on Linux via Proton is not as easy as it sounds. Think of it as your personal translator that helps you understand the language of a country. We’ve covered about the same in one of our articles, but TL DR, it translates DirectX in Windows games to Vulkan understandable instructions on Linux.

The groundwork for the console started with Valve’s Proton compatibility layer.

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