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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20491286

For those unaware, about umu-launcher

This is a unified launcher for Windows games on Linux. It is essentially a copy of the Steam Runtime Tools and Steam Linux Runtime that Valve uses for Proton, with some modifications made so that it can be used outside of Steam.

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[–] HoloPengin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

"we chose the name because of..."

Nah they just wanted an excuse to not use UWU, since this was originally Universal Wine Launcher iirc

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Brilliant stuff. We need independence from Valve as much as Valve needs independence from Windows. This will only benefit all of us in the long run

[–] EccTM@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

I didn't think the project was about independence from Valve, moreso about avoiding duplication of effort among Bottles/Heroic/Lutris and Linux gaming support in general.

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

This is really big. Having the same set of fixes across wine distributions in just one release is a huge step forward