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7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 29 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I want it to evolve to support more desktop applications. This is the one thing that will continue to hamper Linux adoption. Games are the best place to start, but we need all those old obscure, irreplaceable desktop apps to work now.

[–] Patches@ttrpg.network 12 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

Get it to run Office and you've a game changer.

Yes, yes I know Libre/Open Office but try telling Shelly in Accounting who still struggles with Excel after 36 years of experience.

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

Well, Office365 works fine. You can even run it in MS Edge if you want.

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Or Adobe, that’s the most frequent complaint

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

FUCK ADOBE

But yea, those cock suckers are the only reason I have to dual boot.

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Locked in their ecosystem because they're abusing their dominant position

"cock suckers" don't make sense here though

[–] rdri@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

I would imagine older versions can run properly, no? Like maybe 2007 or 2010. Later ones got too integrated with the OS which must be the main difficulty.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 17 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's built on Wine, any general improvements to compatibility will generally support desktop programs using the same APIs