Valve are preparing the next major version of their Windows compatibility layer Proton, with a new test build ready for you with Proton 10.0-2. The first Beta of Proton 10 was released back in late April that came with a lot of enhancements, and now Valve are going further to make it even better.
And, if you missed the recent news, the Steam Beta finally enabled Proton on Linux by default, making Linux gaming simpler.
Below is the current full tentative (subject to change) list of updates for Proton 10.0-2:
- Now playable: Stardust Skate, STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE, Champions of Anteria, IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover, Click&Fight, Tunnet, WRC Generations, Post Mortem.
- Fixed Proton 10 regressions:
- Warframe launcher should no longer have issues displaying titlebar elements.
- Enshrouded no longer crashes when refreshing server list.
- VRChat video playback issue that affected some instances is fixed.
- The Sims 2 Legacy Collection is playable again.
- Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land is playable again.
- Dishonored 2 window can be dragged around on Gnome again.
- Forza Horizon 4 and 5 no longer require focus change to not have black screen.
- Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD setting launcher renders correctly again.
- OpenVR is working with 32 bit games again.
- Fixed The First Berserker: Khazan wrongly displaying a warning about the drive the game is installed on.
- Fixed Cornerpond not rendering transparency correctly.
- Fixed scaling in Imperiums: Greek Wars in fullscreen mode.
- Fixed games not starting when upgrading from a removed Proton installation.
- Fixed The Finals showing EOS EAC updater window twice on start.
- Fixed boss intro videos playback in River City Girls.
- Fixed Black Desert launcher rendering all black on Nvidia + Wayland setups.
- Mitigated OpenSSL-related issues with many games including Claybook, Gravel, SMITE that happen on newer Intel CPUs.
- Enabled nvapi for The Last Of Us 2.
- Improved rendering of Alpha Protocol's launcher.
- Improved situation with Once Human having bad stutter on certain setups.
- Fixed Risk of Rain 2 and The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered not working on certains setups.
- Fixed Monster Jam Showdown not being able to link Epic Games account.
- Fixed Astroneer not being able to connect to an encrypted dedicated server.
- Fixed transfer account option in The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden.
- Fixed DLSS frame generation options being disabled in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.
- Fixed radio not playing music in Fallout 3: GOTY.
- Fixed game lag spikes in Mary Skelter Finale, Death end re;Quest, Death end re;Quest 2, Megadimension Neptunia VIIR and Dragon Star Varnir.
- Fixed in-game screen capture in The Sims 2 Legacy Collection.
- Fixed querying graphics settings in Marvel Rivals.
- Fixed Tiny Troopers Global Ops having focus issues when using Steam Overlay on Steam Deck.
- Fixed The First Berserker: Khazan showing a warning about outdated OS/GPU drivers version.
- Fixed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition having wrong scaling with high DPI.
- Fixed Tower Unite crashing in VR mode.
- Fixed built-in web browser in Banter.
- Fixed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt having issue with Nvidia HairWorks - hair should no longer disappear.
- Fixed Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered showing green line at the bottom of video in the main menu.
- Fixed beginning of the Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier being a black screen.
- Fixed the new Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher not working.
- Fixed Xalia not being able to fully progress through prerequisite installation in MultiVersus using only the controller.
- Fixed a crash late in game in Crysis 2 Remastered.
- Fixed Defiance failing to connect to the game.
- Fixed touch input not working correctly in menus of No Man's Sky.
- Fixed controller support in MySims Kingdom.
- Fixed Space Engineers not registering trigger input with controllers.
- Fixed Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced showing driver version warning with AMD GPUs.
- Fixed screen darkening in e-Racer.
- Fixed some games using DirectStorage not working with Intel GPUs.
- Improved force feedback support in Assetto Corsa EVO.
- Fixed Dead Island 2 not detecting Epic Online Services and not allowing cross-play.
- Fixed controller detection issues with devices that do not have axes, only buttons.
- Fixed DOOM (2016) having issues with window decorations on certain setups.
- Fixed VRChat not being able to Alt+F4 out of game after playing some videos using Unity Player.
- Fixed VRChat crashing on some setups when h264 playback is attempted.
- Fixed Dune: Awakening DLSS support.
- Enabled Xalia by default instead of only for selected titles. It should work with most launchers using builtin Win32 controls.
- Updated Wine-Mono to 10.0.0.
- Updated Xalia to 0.4.6.
- Updated vkd3d to vkd3d-1.16-194-g7c0da1747a89
- Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.14.1-286-g2b766f7639cf
- Updated dxvk to v2.6.2-1-g08870ab62b36
- Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.9.0-8-g5fa4b3c7cddc
That's a really nice amount of fixes.
You can provide feedback on the official Proton GitHub post. They're interested in issues that occur with Proton 10.0-2 that did not happen specifically with Proton 10.0-1.
How to get it? In your Steam Library on a Linux system just search for Proton 10. You'll need to opt into the Beta on Proton 10 and select the release-candidate build for it. I know it may be a little confusing, it's a release candidate on a Beta but that's how it will show until Proton 10 is properly released.
Then you can individually swap games to it for some testing.
Hopefully soon we'll see the full Proton 10 release!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Marlock 12 hours ago
Fixed Black Desert launcher rendering all black on Nvidia + Wayland setups.i'm glad this bug got fixed along a ton other things, but it did seem kind of befitting
ps:
i'll leave aside the usual "why do we even need another launcher" argument for a second to say this... why do game devs have such a hard time making well behaved launchers?! it's a windowed app folks, literally any app besides games got this right... it's really not rocket science! you're all embarassing yourselves in front of your customers before they even go into the game!
Last edited by Marlock on 20 Jun 2025 at 11:38 am UTC
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scaine 11 hours ago
I've been playing on Proton Experimental since it became a thing, and it's been mostly fine, but I have been thinking that maybe it's time to choose a stable version and stick with it. I think I might try some of my games on Proton 10 and then just stick with 10's stable release when it's available. Experimental hasn't bitten me yet, but it's probably only a matter of time.
Gaming is just so stable on Linux now. Absolutley mind-blowing progress from just, say, 10 years ago when it felt like you constantly had to add tinker lines to Steam's launch parameters, or use Glorious Eggrolls version to get things working.
Not these days. Hit Install and hit Play. Madness.
Gaming is just so stable on Linux now. Absolutley mind-blowing progress from just, say, 10 years ago when it felt like you constantly had to add tinker lines to Steam's launch parameters, or use Glorious Eggrolls version to get things working.
Not these days. Hit Install and hit Play. Madness.
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Lamdarer 7 hours ago
Gaming is just so stable on Linux now. Absolutley mind-blowing progress from just, say, 10 years ago when it felt like you constantly had to add tinker lines to Steam's launch parameters, or use Glorious Eggrolls version to get things working.I would say from even 3-5 years ago. Absolutely insane how much development each of the last years has brought us 🚀
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R Daneel Olivaw 6 hours ago
I've had everything on proton experimental for years now, and it runs wonderfully, no issues. So I'll keep it there. Feels like the perfect balance to me. Like I'm currently using 10 but it's not "officially released" yet. But still no issues!
And I'll pile on to the "it just works" group. I can remember probably around 2012/13/14 I tried linux full time and wasn't happy with it. I had to tinker with EVERYTHING. Had audio issues, drive formatting issues, games needed custom parameters, some games flat out wouldn't run at all, there weren't good replacements for windows apps I needed, etc etc.
Then sometime around 2020 I again made the switch full time because I was so sick and tired of the Microsoft garbage being forced down my throat and no ability to do anything about it. I really felt like microsoft owned my computer and allowed me to use it, but only exactly how they said. It was radically different. Everything just worked! No problems with games, no general os tinkering, replacement apps had come along really far, etc.
Now in 2025, it's like a no-brainer. I really honestly think for a personal computer at home, for all the "average" non-techy people out there (muggles) in your friends & family group, linux is totally an option.
If they're needing a new computer, you can get a framework13 (all amd) for $900 which is AMAZING. Put Mint on that, call it day. Tell them to text you if they need anything. I bet you won't get many texts!
And I'll pile on to the "it just works" group. I can remember probably around 2012/13/14 I tried linux full time and wasn't happy with it. I had to tinker with EVERYTHING. Had audio issues, drive formatting issues, games needed custom parameters, some games flat out wouldn't run at all, there weren't good replacements for windows apps I needed, etc etc.
Then sometime around 2020 I again made the switch full time because I was so sick and tired of the Microsoft garbage being forced down my throat and no ability to do anything about it. I really felt like microsoft owned my computer and allowed me to use it, but only exactly how they said. It was radically different. Everything just worked! No problems with games, no general os tinkering, replacement apps had come along really far, etc.
Now in 2025, it's like a no-brainer. I really honestly think for a personal computer at home, for all the "average" non-techy people out there (muggles) in your friends & family group, linux is totally an option.
If they're needing a new computer, you can get a framework13 (all amd) for $900 which is AMAZING. Put Mint on that, call it day. Tell them to text you if they need anything. I bet you won't get many texts!
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