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minus-squareCosmic ClericlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoAnyone know if I should be worrying about this as a Rimworld player on the Linux version of Steam w/Proton?
minus-squareFireWire400linkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-22 years agoMost likely not, most malware still exclusively targets Windows
minus-squareCosmic ClericlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years ago Most likely not, most malware still exclusively target Windows Always wondered how the internals of Proton works, as far as what part of the Linux OS does it expose to its internal Windows sandbox. Thanks for the reply/thoughts.
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏linkfedilink3•2 years agoIIRC each game is treated as a separate whole windows installation, unless you’ve set it up otherwise manually
minus-squareCosmic ClericlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years ago you’ve set it up otherwise manually No I don’t. For Steam games I just let Steam do the install/setup. For non-Steam games I use Bottles, and I use a different Bottles container/session for each game.
minus-squareCosmic ClericlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoFor the person who downvoted me, I wouldn’t mind an elaboration/education? Was it downvoted because the Linux internals are not exposed to the running app from inside the Proton Windows container?
minus-square@FluffyPotato@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•2 years agoRimworld is Linux native so you got nothing to worry about when it comes to Proton. Someone could make malware that specifically targets Linux though and distribute it with the Linux version but I doubt they would bother.
Anyone know if I should be worrying about this as a Rimworld player on the Linux version of Steam w/Proton?
Most likely not, most malware still exclusively targets Windows
Always wondered how the internals of Proton works, as far as what part of the Linux OS does it expose to its internal Windows sandbox.
Thanks for the reply/thoughts.
IIRC each game is treated as a separate whole windows installation, unless you’ve set it up otherwise manually
No I don’t.
For Steam games I just let Steam do the install/setup.
For non-Steam games I use Bottles, and I use a different Bottles container/session for each game.
For the person who downvoted me, I wouldn’t mind an elaboration/education?
Was it downvoted because the Linux internals are not exposed to the running app from inside the Proton Windows container?
Rimworld is Linux native so you got nothing to worry about when it comes to Proton. Someone could make malware that specifically targets Linux though and distribute it with the Linux version but I doubt they would bother.