[05:35] schestowitz[05:35] schestowitzProton translates Windows commands into code compatible with Linux systems, allowing games to launch and run smoothly. The end result for Linux users is the desired outcome: Buy the game, install it, and press play.
[05:35] schestowitzDeveloped by Valve Software from a fork of WINE, Proton works through Steam Play to translate a games code into a language thats compatible with Linux. It uses built-in tools like DirectX Vulkan that are essential for games to run well, which the user would normally have to maintain themselves.
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[07:30] schestowitz[07:30] schestowitzCrowdSupply recently featured the Vaaman which is a sophisticated computing board designed for academy or energy-efficient embedded applications due to its six-core ARM CPU and the Efinix Trion FPGA with customizable hardware acceleration.
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[09:40] schestowitz[09:40] schestowitzThese days, much of the world's computers have free software in it. Some people say, "We have won, we can relax." If only that were true. The same forces that wanted to take away your freedom are far more powerful today than they were forty years ago. People put their software where they think it will be safe, only to discover that some processes of corporatization and capitalization make those places [09:40] schestowitz less safe, less permanent, less owned by you and more an "asset" of a corporation that is not you. In the worst cases, your code that was free gets morphed into software that is ultimately not free.
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