What Valve (and Codeweavers, Wine's dev team et al.) have done is nothing short of miraculous. In the article Ars themselves link re Steamboxes, the ending paragraph has this bit, which I find speaks ...
TL;DR: Linux gaming has advanced significantly due to Valve's SteamOS and Proton compatibility, enabling nearly 90% of Windows games to run on Linux. The Steam Deck has driven this growth, with ...