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    25 days ago

    No, they won’t. DirectX is proprietary Microsoft software. The (originally titled Direct)Xbox was made to push this requirement into gaming and lock down control over open alternatives. Proton (specifically DXVK) translates DirectX call to Vulkan.

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      25 days ago

      That’s basically what I meant, just simplified for the average reader. That instead of having to install Proton via Steam, the translation layer could come natively integrated into Linux.

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        That’ll never happen, but but you can get it with a package without Steam. It’ll probably be included with a lot of distros though.