John Carmack: Kudos To Valve, But Linux Is Still Not a Viable Gaming Market [Slashdot

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I haven't followed this story much but did Gaben give a real reason why Windows 8 is so disastrous for gaming?

All i recall are some vague quotes are that it is and not how it is.