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DXVK was first developed by Philip Rebohle to support Direct3D 11 games only [13] as a result of poor compatibility and low performance of Wine's Direct3D 11 to OpenGL translation layer. In 2018, the developer was sponsored by Valve to work on the project full-time in order to advance compatibility of the Linux version of Steam with Windows games.
Proton is a compatibility layer that allows Windows games to run on Linux-based operating systems. [1] Proton is developed by Valve in cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers . [ 2 ] It is a collection of software and libraries combined with a patched version of Wine to improve performance and compatibility with Windows games.
Some of the specific improvements incorporated into Proton include Vulkan-based Direct3D 9, 10, 11, and 12 implementations via vkd3d, [86] DXVK, [87] and D9VK [88] multi-threaded performance improvements via esync, [89] improved handling of fullscreen games, and better automatic game controller hardware support.
D9VK – An obsolete fork of DXVK for adding Direct3D 9 support, [174] included with Steam/Proton on Linux. [175] On December 16, 2019 D9VK was merged into DXVK. [176] D8VK – An obsolete fork of DXVK for adding Direct3D 8 support on Linux. [177] It was merged with DXVK version 2.4 which was released on July 10, 2024.
Because few games natively support the Linux kernel, various software has been made to run Windows games, software, and programs, such as Wine, Cedega, DXVK, and Proton, and managers such as Lutris and PlayOnLinux. The Linux gaming community has a presence on the internet with users who attempt to run games that are not officially supported on ...
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Proton comprises a set of open-source tools including Wine and DXVK. The software allows the use of Steam-supported controllers, even those not compatible with Windows. [ 317 ] Released in February 2022, Valve's handheld computer, the Steam Deck , runs SteamOS 3.0 which is based on the Arch Linux distribution and uses Proton to support Windows ...
MKS Toolkit is a software package produced and maintained by PTC that provides a Unix-like environment for scripting, connectivity and porting Unix and Linux software to Microsoft Windows.