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  2. DXVK - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Proton (software) - Wikipedia

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    Proton incorporates several libraries that improve 3D performance. These include Direct3D-to-Vulkan translation layers, namely DXVK for Direct3D 9, 10 and 11, and VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12. A separate library known as D9VK handled Direct3D 9 support until it was merged into DXVK in December 2019. [6]

  4. Video games and Linux - Wikipedia

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    Steam Deck, a handheld game console running a Linux-based operating system On August 22, 2018, Valve released their fork of Wine called Proton , aimed at gaming. [ 188 ] It features some improvements over the vanilla Wine such as Vulkan -based DirectX 11 implementation, Steam integration, better full screen and game controller support and ...

  5. Steam Deck - Wikipedia

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    The Steam Deck was released on February 25, 2022, in North America and the European regions. [33] [69] As part of the Steam Deck's launch, Valve released Aperture Desk Job, a spinoff game in the Portal series, for free on March 1, 2022, available to all Windows and

  6. SteamOS - Wikipedia

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    SteamOS is a Linux distribution developed by Valve.It incorporates Valve's popular namesake Steam video game storefront and is the primary operating system for the Steam Deck, Valve's portable gaming device, as well as Valve's earlier Steam Machines.

  7. Direct3D - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Wine (software) - Wikipedia

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    Bob Amstadt, the initial project leader, and Eric Youngdale started the Wine project in 1993 as a way to run Windows applications on Linux.It was inspired by two Sun Microsystems products, Wabi for the Solaris operating system, and the Public Windows Interface, [10] which was an attempt to get the Windows API fully reimplemented in the public domain as an ISO standard but rejected due to ...

  9. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    Steam Deck. Valve released the Steam Deck, a handheld gaming computer running an updated version of SteamOS, with initial shipments starting on February 25, 2022. [350] The Deck is designed for the play of Steam games, but it can be placed into a separate dock that allows the Deck to output to an external display. [351]