Re: Couple of things that need to be set straight
Indeed something *does* need to be set straight...
"4. For many Steam games you need to install Proton, a fork of Wine. With Proton many games run without a hitch."
I've never had to manage/install wine or proton to let windows-native games run. The Steam client handles it automatically when you select to enable compatability for an individual game, or for all games.