Importantly, Proton also integrates DXVK. I don't know the details too well but I think DXVK is responsible for a large part of Proton's "it just works" and it's a separate project from Wine. You can configure Wine to use DXVK but in Proton everything is preconfigured so you never have to think about them as different components.
> Proton is a tool for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on the Linux operating system. It uses Wine to facilitate this.
Because it is built on top of Wine. The difference is when you try to run a game on just Wine you'll often have to do some fiddling on the command line or in configuration files to get the thing to work, if at all. Proton is much less fiddly. Stuff more often than not just works from clicking start.
ACS_Solver|3 years ago
2OEH8eoCRo0|3 years ago
> Proton is a tool for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on the Linux operating system. It uses Wine to facilitate this.
jandrese|3 years ago