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id Software and Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 16, 2009

“Fundamentally nothing has changed with our policy regarding
Linux games. Trying to shoehorn the ZeniMax acquisition into this
is pointless, as they are true to their word of focusing on the
business and letting the studio focus on the games.

“Linux players represent about 5% of the QuakeLive population,
which is in line with the company’s previous releases. Nothing new
there, releasing Linux versions has always been a matter of higher
code quality, good software architecture, and technical interest
for the platform.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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