At some point recently, Valve updated the Steam Beta Client with a change to the way Proton is enabled making Linux gaming easier.
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TLDR: the checkbox for “enable proton for all other titles” is forced on, and hidden.

If you already have this enabled, there’s nothing to gain from the beta client.

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Hiding it is weiird

Thanks for tldr

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Why would you want to turn it off?

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Not me personally, but I know some linux enthusiasts are very much on only gaming linux native 🤔

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True. And I do see the point some make in saying they want to show demand for Linux native apps and don’t want to show demand for Windows apps (via comparability layer or VM). I think there is an option to filter Linux native games in the Steam app if I’m not mistaken.

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Yup, little penguin will show linux native, unless the compatibility is on then everything is listed

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Doesn’t affect Linux native titles

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Probably should have been default on for 3 years now. Proton has been very good for a while.

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Yeah outside of anti cheat I can’t think of a game that didn’t work. I no longer even think about compatibility when I’m buying games on steam.

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What does this mean in practice?

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It means you don’t need to turn on proton for unsupported games the first time you start steam

(or alternatively you won’t be briefly confused why unsupported Windows games don’t launch on a fresh install)

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It just enabled proton for all games by default instead of having to manually turn the option on. Just one less thing to have to remember or do now for all games with proton.

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I think it just means Steam always offers proton for windows games by default. Current you have to set it to all games in the options or set compatibility manually for each game.

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