Heroic Games Launcher (Epic, GOG, Amazon) 2.22.3 HOTFIX #3

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Executive Summary

The last release broke UMU for a lot of people and this new Hotfix should fix it. Hopefully our last hotfix before the next Major release. What's Changed fix: Don't nest umu if steamRuntime ends up enabled on a non-native game by @CommandMC in #5894 Full Changelog : v2.22.2...v2.22.3

Open Gaming Ecosystem & Proton Runtime Deep-Dive

From a graphics pipeline, kernel sub-system, and runtime compatibility perspective: - **Translation Efficiency:** Minimizing DirectX/Vulkan mapping overhead (DXVK, VKD3D-Proton) delivers deterministic frame times. - **Kernel Synchronization:** Integration of wineserver optimizations with fsync/futex primitives eradicates multi-threaded bottlenecks. - **Engine Neutrality:** Open engines like Godot provide a genuinely vendor-independent development target.

Impact on the Open Ecosystem

Solidifies Linux as an uncompromising, tier-one operating system for high-performance interactive 3D computing.

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