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I have never used the Steam beta or Proton-GE or whatever information is spreading out there to noobs about what they should do, and I've been gaming exclusively on Linux for more than 20 years. Only do this beta or bleeding edge stuff if you have a problem, and a good reason to believe that will help (like people reporting your specific issue is fixed in beta). Or I guess if you're bored out of your mind. And expect other issues since it's fucking beta.
Proton GE is pretty standard and actually a necessity to play many games like fallout 76 on steam
You don’t need Proton-GE for Fallout 76, even.
You do or it crashes on launch
I had no issues when I ran it. Besides, it’s marked Playable by Valve (for all that’s worth), and ProtonDB seems to agree.
Maybe they fixed it?
Must have been very recent because it was like that for a few years and including when I last played 1-2 months ago. Protondb advice was use GE proton