Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, umhlaba wokudlala ku-Linux ushintshe kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yentuthuko eqhubekayo i-Valve eyifakile ku-Steam futhi, ikakhulukazi, kuthuluzi layo elidumile lokuhambisana: i-Proton . Uma ungumsebenzisi we-Linux noma ungumnikazi we-Steam Deck futhi wake wazibuza ukuthi ungayisebenzisa kanjani imidlalo eyenzelwe i-Windows kuphela, cishe uke wezwa nge-Proton… futhi uma kungenjalo, usuzothola ukuthi kungani manje sekulula kunanini ngaphambili ukudlala imidlalo ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngokulungiswa okuyinkimbinkimbi.
Kuze kube muva nje, ukuvumela i-Proton ku-Steam kwakudinga izinyathelo ezimbalwa kanye nokunaka okuthile kuzilungiselelo ukuze kusetshenziswe lezo zihloko ezitholakala kuphela kwi-Windows. Kodwa-ke, ngochungechunge lwakamuva lwezibuyekezo ezikhishwe yi-Valve kokubili i-Steam Desktop (iklayenti le-PC) kanye ne-SteamOS kanye ne-Steam Deck, izinto zishintshe kakhulu . Manje, ngokuzenzakalelayo, i-Proton inikwe amandla kuyo yonke imidlalo engenayo inguqulo ye-Linux yomdabu, isusa izithiyo futhi yenza kube lula kulabo abafuna ukwandisa umtapo wabo wezincwadi ngaphandle kwemingcele.
Iyini iProton futhi kungani ibaluleke kangaka kuSteam kuLinux?
I-Proton iyisendlalelo sokuhambisana esakhiwe yi-Valve esikuvumela ukuthi usebenzise imidlalo ye-Windows ezinhlelweni ze-Linux . Isebenza ngokuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe obufana ne-WINE ne-DXVK ukuze imidlalo isebenze cishe ngendlela yemvelo ekusakazweni kwe-Linux okuthandayo noma kumadivayisi afana ne-Steam Deck. Leli thuluzi seliyitshe lesisekelo kulabo abafuna ukujabulela umtapo wolwazi omkhulu we-Steam ngaphandle kokuboshwa yi-Windows.
Ushintsho oluyisisekelo: I-Proton yenziwe yasebenza ngokuzenzakalelayo
Kuze kube yilapho isibuyekezo sikhishwa ngasekupheleni kukaJuni 2025, abasebenzisi beSteam kuLinux kwadingeka bavule ngesandla inketho ethi 'Vumela i-Steam Play kwezinye izihloko' ukuze iProton isebenze nemidlalo engenayo inguqulo yeLinux yomdabu. Le nketho yayifihliwe kancane kuzilungiselelo futhi yabangela ukudideka okukhulu phakathi kwabaqalayo kanye nabasebenzisi abanolwazi, njengoba kwakuvamile ukungatholi inkinobho yokufaka umdlalo weWindows uma ungasebenzi.
Ngenguqulo entsha eqinile yeklayenti le-Steam, i-Proton ivulwa ngokuzenzakalelayo kuzo zonke izihloko ezingenayo inguqulo yomdabu, isusa ibhokisi lokuhlola elidumile futhi yenza isipiliyoni sibe lula kakhulu. Lokhu kusho ukuthi noma yimuphi umsebenzisi angafaka imidlalo eminingi ye-Steam ngqo, ngaphandle kokufuna izinketho ezifihliwe kumenyu yezilungiselelo.
Izinzuzo ezisheshayo zalokhu kuhlanganiswa
- Ukusetshenziswa kalula: Akusekho ukusesha ngezilungiselelo. Vele ufake igeyimu yakho futhi usulungele ukuhamba.
- ukudideka okuncane: Abasebenzisi abasha ngeke bahlangabezane nenkinga yokungakwazi ukufaka izihloko ze-Windows.
- Ukuqhubeka okuqhubekayo: Ngokuhlanganiswa kusukela phansi kuya phezulu, iValve izokwazi ukushuna kahle futhi ithuthukise ukuzizwisa okuhambelanayo ngokushesha namaphakathi.
Manje, ikhasi lokuhambisana kwe-Steam ku-Linux lenziwe lula kakhulu: uzobona inketho eyodwa kuphela yokukhetha ithuluzi le-Steam Play njengokuzenzakalelayo, okwenza kube lula nakakhulu kubasebenzisi abathuthukile abafuna ukuzama ezinye izinguqulo ze-Proton noma amathuluzi ahlukile.
Ukuthuthukiswa okwengeziwe kusibuyekezo sakamuva seSteam
I-valve ayigcinanga nje ukuthuthukisa ukuhlanganiswa kweProton. Isibuyekezo esizinzile esikhishwe ngoJuni 30, 2025, sihlanganise uchungechunge lwezinguquko ezithinta abasebenzisi kuzo zonke izinkundla:
- Kukhushulwe isivinini sokubuyekeza iklayenti le-SteamNgaphambilini, ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu, inqubo ingathatha imizuzu; manje, ukufakwa kuyashesha kakhulu, ukuhlangabezana nokulindelwe kwesimanje.
- I-Performance Monitor Embondelelweni YegeyimuImonitha enemininingwane yengeziwe, ebonakalayo kumageyimu, ebika ngokusebenza kwe-FPS, CPU ne-GPU, nenye idatha yobuchwepheshe. Ngenkathi izici zokuqala ku-Linux zikhawulelwe kakhulu, iValve imemezele ukuthi izokhulisa amakhono ayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
- Ukuthuthukiswa kokufinyeleleka: Ukwethulwa kwekhasi elisha lezilungiselelo zokufinyeleleka kumodi Yesithombe Esikhulu sengeza izinketho zokukala isixhumi esibonakalayo, imodi yokugqama okuphezulu, nokunciphisa ukunyakaza, phakathi kokunye.
- Ukulungiswa kweziphazamisi nokuthuthukiswa okuvamile: Kusukela ekunciphiseni izikhathi zokuqalisa lapho unemidlalo eminingi engeyona eye-Steam, kuya ukulungisa ku-Steam Chat, i-SteamVR, kanye nelabhulali yegeyimu ngokwayo.
Ukuhambisana okunwetshiwe nokusekelwa kwezilawuli ezintsha
Esigabeni sokulawula, ukusekelwa kwezilawuli ezintsha nezici kunwetshiwe, okuhlanganisa:
- Ukusekela izinkinobho ezengeziwe kuzilawuli ze-FlyDigi ne-8BitDo, okuvumela ukwenziwa ngokwezifiso okukhulu kokuhlangenwe nakho kwegeyimu.
- Ukuthuthukiswa kokulinganiswa kwe-gyroscope nokuqashelwa kwenkinobho kuzilawuli ezifana ne-Nintendo Switch Pro.
- Ukuxazulula izinkinga ezithile kutholakala kuma-adaptha afana neMayflash GameCube.
Konke lokhu kukhombisa intshisekelo ekhulayo yeValve ekuthuthukiseni ulwazi hhayi kuphela kumadivayisi ayo afana neSteam Deck, kodwa nakumadivayisi anama-peripheral ahlukahlukene axhunyiwe.
Intuthuko kuSteamOS nakuSteam Deck
Izibuyekezo ze -SteamOS kanye ne-Steam Deck nazo ziyaqhubeka. Kula madivayisi, ukuhambisana kanye nokulula kokusetshenziswa yizinto eziza kuqala. Izici ezintsha ezibalulekile eziqondene ne-Steam Deck zifaka:
- Ukufinyelela okukhulu ngesifundi sesikrini nezihlungi zombala ezikhethekile zekhompuyutha ephathekayo.
- Ukuxazulula inkinga ukufakwa kohlelo lokusebenza kumadivayisi afana neLegion Go S.
- Ukuthuthukiswa kokusebenza kokusetha kabusha njengasekuqaleni kanye nomhlahlandlela wokulawula kwabazali 'ku-Guided Tour'.
- Kulungiswe inkinga ngenhlanganisela yenkinobho yokusondeza kusixhumi esibonakalayo seSteam Deck.
Ezinye izinguquko ezijwayelekile kanye nokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe
- Ukuqalisa okusheshayo kwe-Steam uma uneqoqo elikhulu lemidlalo engeyona eye-Steam engeziwe.
- Ukuxazulula izinkinga ezibonwayo nokuqukethwe kulabhulali, njengezithombe-skrini, izithonjana, nemicimbi enezithombe ezifiphele zokuqukethwe kwabantu abadala.
- Ukuphathwa okungcono kwezixhumanisi ezivulekile ezivela engxoxweni yeSteam kanye nesiphequluli sangaphakathi.
- Ukusekelwa komdabu kwe-Apple Silicon ku-macOS ngohlelo lokusebenza lweSteam Helper.
- Izithuthukisi zomsindo ngezimo zenethiwekhi eziguquguqukayo, okwandisa ukuqina kwe-Remote Play.
Imibuzo Evame Ukubuzwa Ngokushintsha I-Proton Ku-Steam
- Ingabe lokhu kusho ukuthi yonke imidlalo manje isisebenzisa i-Proton ngokuzenzakalelayo? Cha, uma umdlalo unenguqulo ye-Linux yomdabu, ubekwa phambili kune-Proton. Kuphela uma ingekho, iSteam izosebenzisa iProton ukwenza ukufakwa nokwethulwa ngendlela engenamthungo ngangokunokwenzeka.
- Ngingakwazi ukukhetha enye inguqulo ye-Proton? Yebo, ungakhetha inguqulo ehlukile ye-Proton ezicini zegeyimu, elungele ukuhlola ukuhambisana noma ukuxazulula izinkinga ezithile.
- Ingabe lokhu kuthinta ukusebenza noma ukuzinza? Ukuba ne-Proton enikwe amandla ngokuzenzakalelayo kukwenza kube lula ukuyisebenzisa, kodwa ukusebenza nokuzinza kuzoncika esihlokweni ngasinye nezinga laso losekelo lokusebenzisana. I-Valve kanye nomphakathi basasebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuxazulula izimbungulu njengoba sezaziwa.
- Kuthiwani uma ngifuna ukudlala umdlalo ongasebenzi kahle neProton? Unenketho yokushintsha ithuluzi le-Steam Play elisetshenziswe kuzilungiselelo zomdlalo, noma uhlole isizindalwazi sokusebenzisana emphakathini weSteam kanye I-ProtonDB.
Ungalibuyekeza kanjani iklayenti lakho leSteam
Uma ungakakutholi lokhu kuthuthukiswa, vele uye kumenyu ye-Steam bese ubheka inketho ethi 'Hlola Ukubuyekezwa Kweklayenti'. Isaziso esiluhlaza sizovela ngezansi kwefasitela; chofoza okuthi 'Landa,' futhi uma ukulanda sekuqediwe, chofoza okuthi 'Sebenzisa futhi Qala kabusha' ukuze ufake isibuyekezo. Iklayenti lakho lizoqala kabusha ngokuzenzakalelayo, futhi uzojabulela zonke izinguquko ezichazwe ngenhla.
Lezi zinguquko ziletha ini kubasebenzisi be-Linux?
Ukuhlanganiswa okuzenzakalelayo kwe-Proton kususa esinye sezithiyo esinesikhathi eside zabadlali be-Linux. Okuhlangenwe nakho manje kuvumelana kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa neWindows, futhi umphakathi ungagxila ekujabuleleni ikhathalogi ngaphandle kokukhathazeka kakhulu ngokusetha kokuqala.
Ukwengeza, ukuziphatha okungaguquki phakathi kweklayenti ledeskithophu kanye ne-Steam Deck kuqinisekisa ukufinyelela okulula nokujwayelekile, kungakhathaliseki idivayisi noma isistimu yokusebenza. I-Valve iyaqhubeka nokutshala imali ekuthuthukiseni ukuhambisana, ukusebenza, kanye nolwazi oluphelele lokudlala igeyimu.
Lolu shintsho ekuhlanganisweni kwe-Proton lwenza kube lula ukufinyelela umtapo wolwazi omkhulu wemidlalo futhi lwenza ulwazi lomsebenzisi lube lula, lukhuthaze umphakathi okhuthele futhi ohlukahlukene ku-Linux nakuSteam Deck. Ukuhambisana nokusebenza kuzoqhubeka kuthuthuka, kuqinise iSteam njengenkundla ehamba phambili kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uluphi uhlelo lwakho lokusebenza oluthandayo.