Quote Originally Posted by zombifier25 View Post
This have yet to prove that gaming under Linux is faster, since Windows 8 promises much better hardware acceleration, along with a newer DirectX.
(but Steam won't get on Windows 8 any time soon, so this IS a good reason to be excited)
Steam already works on windows 8.

I think this is great news , but it's a little premature to suggest that linux with opengl is a faster gaming platform than windows with directx. After all, this is one game with an engine optimised to run opengl on OSX already, so it's not really enough evidence to convince me.

Still, it's fantastic that valve are putting in the effort to make this happen!