If you play on Linux and you frequently use Proton you might be interested in joining this group.

Giveaways for Proton reports


What are the rules?

There's only one rule: if you win a giveaway from this group you are then required to make a report on how the game runs with Proton on ProtonDB or the Proton Issues tracker. You have 3 months to do this so take your time.
If the game won is native to Linux, you don't have to submit a report unless the Linux build is known to be broken or you weren't able to run it on your system.

Why should I join?

This group has very few members and there are other Linux groups to join which are public and have no rules. This is for people that like groups such as Playing Appreciated, Playing Matters, Play or Pay or any group that requires something out of the winner of the giveaway.

How do I join?

Post a comment with a link to your ProtonDB profile or the GitHub account you use to submit reports to the issue tracker and then send a request from the Steam group page. I'll check your profile to see if you actually have some Linux playtime logged (it's fine if you also play on Windows), so make sure your profile is set to Public, at least until I accept your request.

How do I find my ProtonDB profile?

Go to www.protondb.com/profile and scroll down to Your Contributions and click on any of your reports. This will open the page for the game you reported on. Find your report again by searching for your username, under your username you'll find your total number of reports in the format (# reports). This is also a link to your profile page.

3 years ago*

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Does this work for Steam Deck users? Recently posted reports of games that I had issues with, but I never actually reported anything that I didn't have issues with so maybe thinking I should post things if I play them. https://www.protondb.com/users/1043046764

1 year ago
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Yes, you can send the request to join.

1 year ago
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Request sent thanks!

1 year ago
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Request accepted.

1 year ago
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1 year ago
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Request accepted.

1 year ago
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Interesting idea for a group. May I join?
https://www.protondb.com/users/3455430

1 year ago
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Request accepted.

1 year ago
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Amazing! I'm getting my Steam deck in the next two days, yay!

1 year ago
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Congrats <3

1 year ago
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I recently received my Steam Deck and I'm finding myself playing more games than before. I'd like to sed reports for games that haven't been tested although I've found ProtonDB a bit buggy and unfriendly (I can't sync my library because it's big and reports are not immediately published).

Here is my profile: https://www.protondb.com/users/2116811340

1 year ago
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Request accepted.

1 year ago
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Thanks!

1 year ago
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Sorry, I sent the steam request first. I have rports submitted, but only just now, so I'm still just getting the presumably generic profile?

4 months ago
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No worries, for now I accepted the request and you can post the profile link when you can.

4 months ago
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4 months ago
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i like the cause https://www.protondb.com/users/1034515150
how do i see my linux play time?

4 months ago
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SteamDB used to show it. You can still poll the Steam API directly if you have an API key but I don't think it tracks Linux playtime correctly anymore.

API_URL="https://api.steampowered.com"
API_KEY=%your_api_key%
STEAM_ID=%your_steam_id%
LINUX_PLAYTIME=$(curl -s "${API_URL}/IPlayerService/GetOwnedGames/v1/?key=${API_KEY}&steamid=${STEAM_ID}" |\
jq -r '.response.games[].playtime_linux_forever' |\
awk '{s+=$0} END {print s}')
echo Linux playtime: $((H=$LINUX_PLAYTIME/60))h:$(($LINUX_PLAYTIME-$H*60))m:00s
4 months ago
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