From Problem to Resolution: The Journey of a Bug As the Proton QA for CodeWeavers, I have seen quite a few bugs. In fact, practically every bug that has been fixed since Proton was released a year ago, including those listed…
It's been an exciting twelve months here at CodeWeavers. One year ago, Valve publicly announced and launched the product we had been developing together privately for over two years. This is Proton, an enhancement to their Steam Play initiative.…
CodeWeavers is going through a re-branding process right now. I should clarify. Our Director of Marketing, Ms. Jana Schmid, is going through a re-branding of our company – I’m just riding ‘shotgun’ to her efforts. Actually…
On Tuesday (March 26, 2019), Valve released Proton 4.2, a new update to their Steam Play compatibility layer based on Wine 4.2. The previous major version of Proton was based on Wine 3.16. As with CodeWeavers's own projects, the strong preference…
How are Wine, CrossOver and Proton related? (What the heck are you even talking about?) I was informed by our Marketing Director that some folks don’t quite understand the relationship between Wine, CrossOver, and Proton and are curious about it.…
QA Seeks Beta TestersFun loving, reliable Quality Assurance department seeks tech savvy beta testers. Must regularly use CrossOver macOS or Linux, be current with their CrossOver version and have pragmatic hope for CrossOver / Wine. Additional…
I never imagined that I would be at CodeWeavers for 11 (going on 12) years. When I applied to be the Vice President of Sales in 2007, I was looking for a ‘step up’. I had just completed my MBA. My wife and I welcomed a daughter to…
It has been a longer and more arduous journey switching from macOS to Linux than I expected. I knew that there would be challenges. I knew that there would be compromises. I knew that I would have to give up the familiar to learn…