Proton: updated wine to bleeding edge updated dxvk to latest git updated vkd3d to latest git updated dxvk-nvapi to latest git imported build updates from upstream updated to latest steam runtime s...

An update black screened his system and corrupted his time shift backups. So he gave Linux Mint a shot and has been using it for several weeks.

He has switched to Linux Mint instead

Have you tried different version of proton, proton GE or even wine?
I have only had good luck with using wine with the ea app on my desktop PC.

GE-Proton9-27 Released
Proton:
- updated wine to bleeding edge
- updated dxvk to latest git
- updated vkd3d to latest git
- updated dxvk-nvapi to latest git
- imported build updates from upstream
- updated to latest steam runtime sdk
- import proton updates from upstream (includes fix for spellforce not launching)
Patches:
- remove now upstreamed microsoft flight sim 2024 patch
- remove now upstreamed gta v enhanced patch
Protonfixes:
- fixes added for standalone and egs versions of withering wayves (thanks cybik)
- ubisoft connect fixes added for ghostrecon wildlands and rainbow six siege
- fix added for mojika - truth rears its ugly head (thanks superboo07)
- added epic games registry entry fix for all epic games (thanks commandmc)
- add fix for pkhex (thanks BlueInterlude)
- add save imports fix for monster hunter wilds (thanks froz3n)
- fix: handle issue when empty STORE value provided to umu
- fix added for Elin (thanks UsernamesAreNotMyThing)
- fix added for PowerWash Adventure (tha

Sounds like Linux Mint would be a good start for you

GE-Proton9-26 Released
Upstream: wine updated to latest bleeding edge dxvk updated to latest git vkd3d-proton updated to latest git vkd3d updated to latest upstream tag dxvk-nvapi updated to latest upstream tag latest g...
Upstream:
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wine updated to latest bleeding edge dxvk updated to latest git vkd3d-proton updated to latest git vkd3d updated to latest upstream tag dxvk-nvapi updated to latest upstream tag latest game-specific fixes imported from upstream proton
New patches:
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 SU1 needs WerRegisterCustomMetadata -- thanks fxtentacle taskschd patches backported from upstream wine, allows NCSoft Purple launcher to work (sadly the games still dont work due to anticheat) GetDpiAwarenessContextForProcess patches added for GTA V Enhanced webview2 patches added from upstream wine, allows webview2 installer for Vermintide2 to complete instead of crashing out. Hid multi TLC and Fanatec wheel-bases hidraw white-list added -- thanks gotzi
Protonfixes:
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Fix account ID determination to allow proper importing of demo save files fix: write the game_title file in the prefix. Add fix for PowerWash Adventure (https://github.com/Open

GE-Proton9-25 Released
HOTFIX: update Dragon Age Inquisition xinput patch introduced in GE-Proton9-11 to fix a regression that caused performance issue in Black Desert Online and possibly other games: doitsujin/dxvk#467...
HOTFIX:
- update Dragon Age Inquisition xinput patch introduced in GE-Proton9-11 to fix a regression that caused performance issue in Black Desert Online and possibly other games: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/issues/4676 (thanks loathingKernel and Blisto)

GE-Proton9-25 Released
HOTFIX: update Dragon Age Inquisition xinput patch introduced in GE-Proton9-11 to fix a regression that caused performance issue in Black Desert Online and possibly other games: doitsujin/dxvk#467...
HOTFIX:
- update Dragon Age Inquisition xinput patch introduced in GE-Proton9-11 to fix a regression that caused performance issue in Black Desert Online and possibly other games: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/issues/4676 (thanks loathingKernel and Blisto)

GE-Proton9-24 Released
Proton: Added patch that adds PROTON_PREFER_SDL option. If PROTON_PREFER_SDL=1 is set proton will not prefer hidraw and instead will expose both sdl and hidraw. it can fix input in a few games whe...
Proton:
- Added patch that adds PROTON_PREFER_SDL option. If
PROTON_PREFER_SDL=1
is set proton will not prefer hidraw and instead will expose both sdl and hidraw. it can fix input in a few games when not using steam input - Added patch that adds PROTON_NO_WM_DECORATION (and WINE_NO_WM_DECORATION) option. If
PROTON_NO_WM_DECORATION=1
is set, it setsWINE_NO_WM_DECORATION=1
which will disable window decorations. This can fix an issue where if clicking on a window border in some games in borderless window mode it would click through the border straight to the desktop. By disabling the window decorations it removes the pixel offset caused by them, which is what causes the mouse click confusion. - Removed previously disabled nvidia latency reflex patches as they have now all been merged with the exception of the winevulkan patches. Winevulkan patches are now applied -- nvidia latency reflex should now work where available.
- updated wine to latest bleeding edge
- updated dxvk to

GE-Proton9-24 Released
Proton: Added patch that adds PROTON_PREFER_SDL option. If PROTON_PREFER_SDL=1 is set proton will not prefer hidraw and instead will expose both sdl and hidraw. it can fix input in a few games whe...
Proton:
- Added patch that adds PROTON_PREFER_SDL option. If
PROTON_PREFER_SDL=1
is set proton will not prefer hidraw and instead will expose both sdl and hidraw. it can fix input in a few games when not using steam input - Added patch that adds PROTON_NO_WM_DECORATION (and WINE_NO_WM_DECORATION) option. If
PROTON_NO_WM_DECORATION=1
is set, it setsWINE_NO_WM_DECORATION=1
which will disable window decorations. This can fix an issue where if clicking on a window border in some games in borderless window mode it would click through the border straight to the desktop. By disabling the window decorations it removes the pixel offset caused by them, which is what causes the mouse click confusion. - Removed previously disabled nvidia latency reflex patches as they have now all been merged with the exception of the winevulkan patches. Winevulkan patches are now applied -- nvidia latency reflex should now work where available.
- updated wine to latest bleeding edge
- updated dxvk to

I remember this too

Red for AMD and green for Nvidia?

They later renamed these to “Fads”

GE-Proton9-23 Released
Upstream: update wine to bleeding-edge (fixes battle.net broken updates) update dxvk to latest git update vkd3d-proton to latest git update dxvk-nvapi to latest git update vkd3d to latest git impo...
Upstream:
- update wine to bleeding-edge (fixes battle.net broken updates)
- update dxvk to latest git
- update vkd3d-proton to latest git
- update dxvk-nvapi to latest git
- update vkd3d to latest git
- import upstream proton game fixes
Patches:
- proton: preserve drive letter for different mount points #129 (thanks loathingKernel)
- wine: add fix for Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (thanks loisgomez) -- triggered with SteamGameId=218210
Protonfixes:
- Add Project Torque
- Add fix for Middle-earth: Shadow of War (GOG) (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/209[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/61cf7698df8ffee04746c1cd20487f58228ad4da)
- [Add launcher skip for X-Blades (](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu

GE-Proton9-23 Released
Upstream: update wine to bleeding-edge (fixes battle.net broken updates) update dxvk to latest git update vkd3d-proton to latest git update dxvk-nvapi to latest git update vkd3d to latest git impo...
Upstream:
- update wine to bleeding-edge (fixes battle.net broken updates)
- update dxvk to latest git
- update vkd3d-proton to latest git
- update dxvk-nvapi to latest git
- update vkd3d to latest git
- import upstream proton game fixes
Patches:
- proton: preserve drive letter for different mount points #129 (thanks loathingKernel)
- wine: add fix for Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (thanks loisgomez) -- triggered with SteamGameId=218210
Protonfixes:
- Add Project Torque
- Add fix for Middle-earth: Shadow of War (GOG) (https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/pull/209[)](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-protonfixes/commit/61cf7698df8ffee04746c1cd20487f58228ad4da)
- [Add launcher skip for X-Blades (](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu

Yes, you install it on the desktop with protonup

GE-Proton9-22 Released
Upstream: wine updated to latest bleeding edge dxvk updated to latest git vkd3d-proton updated to latest git dxvk-nvapi updated to latest upstream proton Disable nvapi for Assassin's Creed Syndica...
Upstream:
- wine updated to latest bleeding edge
- dxvk updated to latest git
- vkd3d-proton updated to latest git
- dxvk-nvapi updated to latest upstream proton
- Disable nvapi for Assassin's Creed Syndicate.
- Disable nvapi for Simulakros and Simulakros Demo.
- Enable Xalia for games 0.4.5 is expected to fix.
- Update Xalia to 0.4.5.
UMU-Protonfixes:

GE-Proton9-22 Released
Upstream: wine updated to latest bleeding edge dxvk updated to latest git vkd3d-proton updated to latest git dxvk-nvapi updated to latest upstream proton Disable nvapi for Assassin's Creed Syndica...
Upstream:
- wine updated to latest bleeding edge
- dxvk updated to latest git
- vkd3d-proton updated to latest git
- dxvk-nvapi updated to latest upstream proton
- Disable nvapi for Assassin's Creed Syndicate.
- Disable nvapi for Simulakros and Simulakros Demo.
- Enable Xalia for games 0.4.5 is expected to fix.
- Update Xalia to 0.4.5.
UMU-Protonfixes:

You will want to “hold” the package in apt. That’s what I do.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/18654/how-to-prevent-updating-of-a-specific-package

GE-Proton9-21 Released
Upstream: imported piper + PROTON_VOICE_FILES changes imported misc proton game overrides mono updated to 9.3.1 icu 64 and 32 bit changes imported wine updated to latest bleeding edge dxvk updated...
Upstream:
- imported piper + PROTON_VOICE_FILES changes
- imported misc proton game overrides
- mono updated to 9.3.1
- icu 64 and 32 bit changes imported
- wine updated to latest bleeding edge
- dxvk updated to latest git
- dxvk-nvapi updated to latest upstream commit
- vkd3d-proton updated to latest git
- vkd3d switched from valve version to upstream wine version (same change was made upstream)
Patch:
- Backported wine bug fix patch 56653 for GetLogicalProcessorInformation, fixes edge case crash on some systems for a few games, notably baldurs gate 3 and divinity original sin 2 (thanks mx-moth)
Protonfixes:
- Add fix for dirt 3 outside of steam (thanks polluxau)
- Remove no longer needed Disgaea 4 fix (thanks UsernamesAreNotMyThing)
- Added fix for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredders Revenge (thanks FranjeGueje)
- Add fix for The Callisto Protocol (thanks FranjeGueje)
- Remove redundant dinput8 overrides -- dinput8 is now default n,b

GE-Proton9-21 Released

Upstream: imported piper + PROTON_VOICE_FILES changes imported misc proton game overrides mono updated to 9.3.1 icu 64 and 32 bit changes imported wine updated to latest bleeding edge dxvk updated...

Upstream:
- imported piper + PROTON_VOICE_FILES changes
- imported misc proton game overrides
- mono updated to 9.3.1
- icu 64 and 32 bit changes imported
- wine updated to latest bleeding edge
- dxvk updated to latest git
- dxvk-nvapi updated to latest upstream commit
- vkd3d-proton updated to latest git
- vkd3d switched from valve version to upstream wine version (same change was made upstream)
Patch:
- Backported wine bug fix patch 56653 for GetLogicalProcessorInformation, fixes edge case crash on some systems for a few games, notably baldurs gate 3 and divinity original sin 2 (thanks mx-moth)
Protonfixes:
- Add fix for dirt 3 outside of steam (thanks polluxau)
- Remove no longer needed Disgaea 4 fix (thanks UsernamesAreNotMyThing)
- Added fix for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredders Revenge (thanks FranjeGueje)
- Add fix for The Callisto Protocol (thanks FranjeGueje)
- Remove redundant dinput8 overrides -- dinput8 is now default n,b

I already posted this story 2 days ago but I don’t think it’s shown up

From tomorrow MyWay+ will be in use on Canberra's buses and light rail. Here's what's changing
A new ticketing system called MyWay+ will be introduced today for Canberra public transport, which allows users to tap on with certain contactless bank cards or by scanning a QR code in the new app.

Are your games installed on an NTFS formatted drive? Steam on Linux generally doesn’t play nice with NTFS.

GE-Proton9-20 Released

Hotfix: Revert DRI_PRIME auto-setting (broke too many non-standard setups) DXVK updated with dxvk.hideIntegratedGraphics = True for Diablo IV (doitsujin/dxvk@125f0ac) to resolve the grey screen is...

Hotfix:
- Revert DRI_PRIME auto-setting (broke too many non-standard setups)
- DXVK updated with
dxvk.hideIntegratedGraphics = True
for Diablo IV (https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/commit/125f0acefdb5c7e9422fc7b5afffc442d9cef34d) to resolve the grey screen issue on systems with AMD iGPU + dGPU.

GE-Proton9-20 Released

Hotfix: Revert DRI_PRIME auto-setting (broke too many non-standard setups) DXVK updated with dxvk.hideIntegratedGraphics = True for Diablo IV (doitsujin/dxvk@125f0ac) to resolve the grey screen is...

Hotfix:
- Revert DRI_PRIME auto-setting (broke too many non-standard setups)
- DXVK updated with
dxvk.hideIntegratedGraphics = True
for Diablo IV (https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/commit/125f0acefdb5c7e9422fc7b5afffc442d9cef34d) to resolve the grey screen issue on systems with AMD iGPU + dGPU.

GE-Proton9-19 Released

-bump wine to latest bleeding edge -bump dxvk to latest git -bump vkd3d-proton to latest git (contains additional MH Wilds fix) -bump dxvk-nvapi to latest git -import upstream lsteamclient changes ...

-bump wine to latest bleeding edge
-bump dxvk to latest git
-bump vkd3d-proton to latest git (contains additional MH Wilds fix)
-bump dxvk-nvapi to latest git
-import upstream lsteamclient changes
-import upstream vrclient changes
-add xdefiant patch (thanks tperalta82)
-auto-apply DRI_PRIME=1 when more than one gpu is detected. This allows Diablo IV to get passed the grey screen on igpu+dgpu systems.
-add protonfixes for silent hill 3 video playback
-add protonfixes for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered internet connection (thanks UsernamesAreNotMyThing)

GE-Proton9-19 Released

-bump wine to latest bleeding edge -bump dxvk to latest git -bump vkd3d-proton to latest git (contains additional MH Wilds fix) -bump dxvk-nvapi to latest git -import upstream lsteamclient changes ...

-bump wine to latest bleeding edge
-bump dxvk to latest git
-bump vkd3d-proton to latest git (contains additional MH Wilds fix)
-bump dxvk-nvapi to latest git
-import upstream lsteamclient changes
-import upstream vrclient changes
-add xdefiant patch (thanks tperalta82)
-auto-apply DRI_PRIME=1 when more than one gpu is detected. This allows Diablo IV to get passed the grey screen on igpu+dgpu systems.
-add protonfixes for silent hill 3 video playback
-add protonfixes for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered internet connection (thanks UsernamesAreNotMyThing)

Harold Holt

Wow that comment section.

GE-Proton9-18 Released

Hotfix: Add missing proton script python uuid import (which broke prefix creation)

Hotfix:
- Add missing proton script python uuid import (which broke prefix creation)

GE-Proton9-18 Released

Hotfix: Add missing proton script python uuid import (which broke prefix creation)

Hotfix:
- Add missing proton script python uuid import (which broke prefix creation)

GE-Proton9-17 Released

Proton: -wine updated to latest bleeding edge -dxvk updated to latest git -vkd3d-proton updated to latest git -dxvk-nvapi updated to latest git -ICU building + linking imported from upstream -misc ...

Proton:
-wine updated to latest bleeding edge
-dxvk updated to latest git
-vkd3d-proton updated to latest git
-dxvk-nvapi updated to latest git
-ICU building + linking imported from upstream
-misc proton script fixes imported from upstream
Protonfixes:
-Audio fix for Mini Ninjas (thanks UsernamesAreNotMyThing)
-Fix typo'd mod support for ES: Oblivion (thanks MaxBosse)
-Disable esync/fsync in Disgaea 4 to prevent crash (thanks UsernamesAreNotMyThing)
Nothing major here, just a refresh of various parts that need updates from git, mostly to add new video playback fixes from upstream proton.

Well they are open source, so I guess they will be forked if needed

Nope. Just had a quick look over the last few release notes. I could be wrong

Possibly this fix from 9-10: “added EAC fix to allow elden ring to run even if dlc not owned”

Biblically accurate Galah

Barge Arse?

Yes they still level with you but it’s really not much of a problem anymore

Archive.org is probably the best and safest way to get it now.