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Microsoft - keep your filthy hands off Valve, leak shows MSFT would buy Valve (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[+] -7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

What? Microsoft added Linux on top of Windows not long ago with the WSL. I severely doubt they'd discontinue proton or Linux and Mac support

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They would discontinue it because Proton moves users to Linux(or more specifically outside of Windows) which they don’t want. WSL keep users on Windows.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Well, Proton is pretty important for the Steam Deck, and I doubt Microsoft would want to kneecap that device, at least while it’s still selling units.

    Also Proton is open source, so while it can get less convenient to use, it can’t really go away.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Microsoft made WSL to get market share from web devs who were using Linux or Mac, so they could use a Linux shell for their development while using Windows as their main OS. I wouldn’t use WSL as evidence that they wouldn’t gut Proton support in Steam.

    That being said, the Steam Deck is a very successful device that I doubt Microsoft would want to get rid of, and Proton is pretty vital for that, so they’d probably keep Proton going because of that. They might still seek to make the next revision of the Steam deck run a Windows based OS though.

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