Support is kind of a catch 22. Companies have very little reason to support Linux because their customers don’t use Linux, but their customers don’t use Linux because companies don’t support Linux.
And that’s where Proton comes in to solve the catch. Proton is just a stepping stone for wider Linux adoption. The more people we get on Linux the more companies have to support Linux the less users need to depend on Proton.
I agree that native support is the way to go, but we’re nowhere near having the user base to even justify native support.
My concern is that Proton isn’t even being seen as a stepping stone, but a real replacement for native support. I’ve heard too comments to the effect of “We don’t need native ports anymore now that Proton exists.”
Support is kind of a catch 22. Companies have very little reason to support Linux because their customers don’t use Linux, but their customers don’t use Linux because companies don’t support Linux.
And that’s where Proton comes in to solve the catch. Proton is just a stepping stone for wider Linux adoption. The more people we get on Linux the more companies have to support Linux the less users need to depend on Proton.
I agree that native support is the way to go, but we’re nowhere near having the user base to even justify native support.
My concern is that Proton isn’t even being seen as a stepping stone, but a real replacement for native support. I’ve heard too comments to the effect of “We don’t need native ports anymore now that Proton exists.”