Vulkan (graphics API, successor to OpenGL which was used by e.g. Minecraft, CS Go i believe)
DXVK (compatibility layer for games created with the DirectX Framework by MS)
Lutris (game launcher for stuff you bought outside of steam, e.g. GOG, Epic, Uplay, etc.)
Steam and maybe Proton but idk.
the atom thing could be protondb.com, where you can look up if your game will run on linux and what fixes / commands are available

[–] catsup@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Thanks! protondb sounds like a very handy website

[–] passepartout@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

It surely is, it has also been really great to see the growing support for all those games over the last years. Sad to see some games still being borked with no valid reason (Pubg e.g., with the developers stating the game can run on linux with no problems at all, they still will block it bc they are scared of hackers or some other lame excuse).

Every problem I had playing games on Linux could be fixed by some kind stranger on there offering a command or sth. else (sometimes even stuff thats not related to linux at all lol)

[–] ichmagrum@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Sure is! Almost every game that doesn't run well out of the box has a fix there.

[–] lukini@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

There's also a great decky plugin that adds protondb badges and links directly to all your games on the deck. Really helps figure out any small tweaks you should use to maximize frames and will also mark games as silver/gold/platinum even if valve hasn't marked them as supported yet.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Proton is a fork of Wine. It was created by Valve and they have done amazing work getting it to support basically everything. It's made the steam deck and amazing machine.

[–] Piers@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Proton actually combines Wine and DXVK iirc (plus some extra bits and pieces.)

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Vuncan, DXVK, and Proton are other open source projects that either make wine more capable or more user friendly. It's still wine under the hood, though.