Steam is a ticking time bombcorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.org – 114 points – 3 months agospacebar.news156Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentCan't you use Proton on Mac? I'd think that would solve most compatibility problems.The problem is that proton needs to translate direct X to Vulcan, but Apple doesn't allow Vulcan, it has to be their own thing, Metal. So it's a lot of work for valve and fully dependent on apple not screwing them.That or Rosetta, the built-in, hardware-accelerated x86_64 compatibility layer.
Can't you use Proton on Mac? I'd think that would solve most compatibility problems.The problem is that proton needs to translate direct X to Vulcan, but Apple doesn't allow Vulcan, it has to be their own thing, Metal. So it's a lot of work for valve and fully dependent on apple not screwing them.That or Rosetta, the built-in, hardware-accelerated x86_64 compatibility layer.
The problem is that proton needs to translate direct X to Vulcan, but Apple doesn't allow Vulcan, it has to be their own thing, Metal. So it's a lot of work for valve and fully dependent on apple not screwing them.
Can't you use Proton on Mac? I'd think that would solve most compatibility problems.
The problem is that proton needs to translate direct X to Vulcan, but Apple doesn't allow Vulcan, it has to be their own thing, Metal.
So it's a lot of work for valve and fully dependent on apple not screwing them.
That or Rosetta, the built-in, hardware-accelerated x86_64 compatibility layer.