If anything else, Valve is feeling increasingly validated in their choice to port Steam and its library of games to Linux.

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But now one of the best games (IMHO) on any platform is about to become one of the best games for Linux.

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When you have a mainstream PC manufacturer and the leading digital distribution platform for video games both championing Linux, open-source proponents are bound to start cheering.

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Other competitors include: companies developing Linux in software, Sony in games, Nokia in phones, Google and Yahoo!

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If you buy one and end up hating the games, install Windows or Linux on it, and you've got enough processing power to do local weather forecasting.

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For more information on how GeForce GTX GPUs are dramatically changing the way games are played and experienced on Linux, visit www.geforce.com.

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For an up-to-date third-party listing of games and applications that are currently in development for Linux, visit the Marlamin site.

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Other competitors include: companies developing Linux in software, Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) in games, Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ) in phones, Google and Yahoo!

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