

Proton is a variation of WINE developed by Valve that is used as a compatibility layer in Steam, allowing many of the games to be played despite them lacking native Linux release. Wine can almost always be found in distribution's repository and can therefore be easily installed with a package manager that distribution provides. WINE is a free and open source compatibility layer that allows software intended to be run on Microsoft Windows to work on Linux (and also some other operating systems). This article assumes that you are familiar with the basics of how Linux works. It is usually obtained in a form of Linux distribution. GNU+Linux is a free (libre) and open source operating system. The Special Edition works, but is reported to not run as well as the original release. Most expansions and unofficial mods also work without any problems. This is possible mainly due to a compatibility layer called WINE. While the PC release of Skyrim was intended to be played only on PCs that run Microsoft Windows, it is possible to run it GNU+Linux.

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