"The Linux game market is larger than the IDC figures would lead you to believe. The market segment in question is largely under served and people will most definitely buy worthy titles to play on it. It is not as difficult to support the so-called myriad of Linux versions out there as you think- there's ways to do it and I can show you some of them."
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Frank C. Earl, quoted in Michael Larabel, "An Interview With A Linux Game Porter" Phoronix (2009-07-03)
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