Valve has just made an update to the beta Steam client for Linux. It adds a change that makes it easy to play Windows games on this system using the Proton layer.
Before, the Steam for Linux client had a main option to turn on Proton which was set by default to a "whitelist" of games chosen by Valve. For games not on this list and without an official Linux version, the install button would not work unless the user turned on this main setting by hand.
The new beta update gets rid of this default limit. The option to use Proton now works for all games in the user's library right away. This lets users try to install and play any Windows game in their library using Proton without having to change main settings first.
It's key to know that this update does not make sure all Windows games will work fine with Proton. But, it does make it much easier to try playing these games by cutting out a first step that might confuse some users.
Valve hasn't said when this update will be ready in the stable Steam client for Linux.
