Proton Subsequent has been announced by Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais on Twitter, as a neater approach to take a look at and take a look at the upcoming steady releases of latest Proton variations for Linux desktop and Steam Deck. GamingOnLinux stories: It’s largely the identical because the Launch Candidate for Proton 7.0-5 that was put up in October. Nevertheless, it is now its personal entry in Steam as Proton Subsequent. This makes it far simpler to check, since you may set it to video games individually, as an alternative of opting right into a Beta with the present primary model of Proton. This new Proton Subsequent will solely turn out to be out there when there’s a new model of Proton prepared for testing, and as soon as steady will probably be retired. So video games you’ve got set to it, would doubtless simply get bumped to the principle model of Proton since it could change it. The changelog and patch notes can be found right here.