Say, you downloaded a pirated game that happened to be malicious, and you run it on linux using compatibility layers like WINE/Proton, does your linux installation get infected?

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    3 days ago

    Proton is Wine.

    Plus some other stuff like DXVK (which is available in vanilla Wine as well). But the heavy lifting is done by Wine.

    • artiman@piefed.social
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      3 days ago

      I meant the intro you said wine is gaming focused that’s not true proton which is a wine fork focuses on the gaming part, they are not the same wine is for general apps and proton is gaming focused