

Start or restart Steam if it's already open, this will cause Steam Play to refresh the listing with the new Proton-GE version. Open file manager, move the download into the folder listed above, then right click the tar archive file and "Extract Here". Step 3Ĭonfirm this folder exists on your PC, if not then create it: ~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d/ Step 4 Step 2ĭownload the tar archive (file with. Visit the Proton-GE-Custom page on GitHub. HowTo install Proton-GE on Ubuntu Linux for Steam should be similar on other Linux Distributions. Proton-GE may offer a better Linux gaming experience with newer game titles but also keep in mind this is an unofficial build not associated with Valve - use at your own risk. Maintained by Thomas Crider, a Red Hat Engineer, these custom Proton-GE builds include the most recent releases of vanilla WINE, FFmpeg enabled for FAudio by default, and all of Proton's patches ported over to be applied to Wine, as well as Wine-staging and VKD3D. Proton-GE is a fork of ValveSoftware Proton. Developed by Valve, Proton is a compatibility layer for Microsoft Windows games to run on Linux-based operating systems from within the Steam Client.
