New nvidia drivers (crying)

At your own risk, but I often had good experiences even with the experimental version. It seems the driver is so disconnected from the rest of the system that it usually doesn't break.

https://packages.debian.org/de/experimental/nvidia-driver [External Link]

Did I mention "At your own risk"? ;)

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I'm using Debian since 1998. I used to run testing, unstable, mixes, ... Nowadays, with kids and all, I even wait for the first point release, so, 13.1 will be it for me. (And I even had bad luck with 12.1 two years ago, running into a bug needing sorting out some packages manually. I think it was https://bugs-devel.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1034993 [External Link] .)

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Never mess with a raging mom!

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The native package pulls in the libraries - and so does the Snap package... Of course. They're needed. You don't really see the count of packages containing the libd as a disadvantage, do you?

I do.

Ok. I don't.

Die folgenden Pakete haben unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten:
steam-installer : Hängt ab von: steam-libs-i386 (= 1:1.0.0.79~ds-2) ist aber nicht installierbar
E: Probleme können nicht korrigiert werden, Sie haben zurückgehaltene defekte Pakete.

Well, there's something wrong with the state of your packages.
(Which should be repaired in any case, no matter Snap or Steam.)

steam-installer depending on steam-libs-i386 (= 1:1.0.0.79~ds-2) seems right according to https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/steam-installer [External Link]

Wanna share what you've got in your sources list(s)?

I guess "dpkg --get-selections | grep hold" yields nothing?

Synaptic has a function edit => fix broken packages. I just learned about it and never used it, but you could give it a try.

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But I cannot even remember the last time Proton was not able to run a game. It must've been years ago.
For a while I checked ProtonDB before buying a game - I don't even do that anymore.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/farlight-84-is-now-broken-on-linux-steamos-steam-deck/

(You even commented on the game not running before writing above comment...)

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The gist of everything is that for anything serious to happen, the share has to rise.

I agree with that.

But.

If we're now shouting
"Just use Proton! Don't do ports! Ports are bad!"
... I fear, developers might later, when the share has risen, just say:
"Just use Proton! We don't do ports! Ports are bad!"
It's what Linux gamers said! For years! Right?!?

People used to try to push the doors open for Linux being a first class gaming system.
I agree with you that it might have been mostly futile. I know for sure that it wasn't 100%. (I am at least responsible for one port, just by friendly nudging.) But yes, I don't think it accomplished much.

But what people are doing now, they're Linux gamers mind you, is pushing the doors in the other direction.

If you're fine running your games with Proton, alright. No problem with that.

But would you then just leave the doors to first class Linux gaming as they are?

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I might split my answer into side-track and the important stuff.

Obvious side-track:

Nowadays not only "I can run it." seems to be enough for most people.

I am going to assume the first "not only" is too much, otherwise I don't get that sentence.

It's supposed to bind the sentence to the next one. I'm no native speaker, but I think it should work out in context:

Nowadays not only "I can run it." seems to be enough for most people. They even started to actively ask developers to not port games.

(emphasis added)

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The state of affairs in Linux community saddens me as of late. So much to say but I am clearly in the minority. Never mind...

You're not alone.

We used to point out games not working well natively on Linux for what they are: bad ports.

We used to ask for ports for each and every game we wanted to buy.

Nowadays not only "I can run it." seems to be enough for most people.

They even started to actively ask developers to not port games.

They even started to attack fellow Linux games asking for ports.

Using Proton will always be being second class citizen.
Proton will always have to chase whatever Windows comes up with.
Proton can at most be on par, but never ahead.

If that's what floats your boat, ok.

But how about letting others have it their way?

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Probably a good time to do Steam Cryptocoin/Bitcoin supported payments.

You cannot use "money" that might have double - or half - the value next week for serious business.

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Yeah, but what other payment networks are out there? Visa and Master Card basically control the market, with Amex not far behind... PayPal, Stripe and most similar services? They still rely on the other payment networks "behind the scenes".

What about ye good olde bank-to-bank money transfer?
I order my bank to give some bucks to Valve's bank. If my bank would choose to censor stuff, I can choose to use another bank.

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