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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 47 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Lemmy is a more technical crowd, but many deck owners don't understand what proton is, or why they might need different versions.

Most software you don't even have an option to easily use older versions, so choosing to downgrade proton for a specific game may be a unique experience for some.

[–] wiccan2@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The article has one sentence on using older versions for better compatability with some games.

The rest of the article is basically summed up by "bigger number means newer"

The whole article seemed very surface level and didn't really give any more info than could be derived from the names of the versions. As for the community forks mentioned people could find much better info just looking at the readme.

Maybe I'm just too technical but it just feels to me as pointless as an article explaining the difference between hot and cold taps on a sink.

Edit: fix autocorrect

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

I agree with you on this point completely. The article is pretty garbage. But that's not what your original comment seemed to imply. It seemed like you were saying everyone should know this stuff so why should any article exist on the subject.

I think that's why everyone is so worked up.