Valve CEO: Why Linux is the future of gaming | Linux Today

Valve CEO: Why Linux is the future of gaming

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Sep 17, 2013

Gabe Newell, CEO of Valve declared that proprietary software and closed platforms are gaming’s past, its future is open and on Linux.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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