[Skybird]

There are Windows emulators like Wine under Linux, allowing you to run Windows software under Linux. However, if you are about security, this must be handled wiht care, becasue your drive cna get infested with Windows malware this way, if you access the web or transfer windows files from disc, web or stick, because these files then may be Windows fomratted, but nevertheless rest on your hard drive, and for nhere cna spread even if your Linux insbtallation may not feel infested and is not further affected. The data file stays corrupted. So, such emulators are an entrance gate for Windows malware being copied to a Linux installation. Thats what makes Proton by Valve/Steam so attractive, it has several such emulators under its hood, but I would suspect Steam takes good care about their safety. Proton means, if I got it right, that you install it from steam, and then launch compatible Windows game via Proton, much the same way you launched them from your Steam account under Windows. And thats all. Hey it s Valve/Steam havign debekloped this to make Window sgames playable unde rLnux, and I see how great their Steamlink to Quest 3 works, too: Meta now officially recommends the use of SteamLink over Meta's own Airlink, that much better than Meta's native solution it is!