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[–] Clearwater@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I don't have hard numbers, but my understanding is that in general, Proton is more receptive to hacks which get stuff working, or working faster, but that aren't proper solutions. WINE has a greater preference toward correctness, so compatibility is a bit worse, as is performance.