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Did Linux become a gaming platform a long time ago?

While I can sympathize with the author’s irritation about grand declarations about Linux gaming (or the year of the Linux desktop, etc), I can’t help but feel that he’s being a bit of a Negative Ned in this article. Yes, there have been games available for Linux for quite a long time, but nothing like what we’re seeing now.

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