Proton Subsequent has been announced by Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais on Twitter, as a neater approach to take a look at and check the upcoming steady releases of recent Proton variations for Linux desktop and Steam Deck. GamingOnLinux studies: It’s principally the identical because the Launch Candidate for Proton 7.0-5 that was put up in October. Nonetheless, it is now its personal entry in Steam as Proton Subsequent. This makes it far simpler to check, since you possibly can set it to video games individually, as a substitute of opting right into a Beta with the present essential model of Proton. This new Proton Subsequent will solely turn into accessible when there’s a new model of Proton prepared for testing, and as soon as steady it will likely be retired. So video games you’ve got set to it, would probably simply get bumped to the primary model of Proton since it will substitute it. The changelog and patch notes can be found right here.
