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On the history of Valve and Linux: Valve and Linux have a symbiotic relationship today, but they go way back, and their story is a long and interesting one. (thelibre.news)
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[–] RedSnt 4 points 1 day ago

I feel like an important piece of the story regarding how directx changed game development is that it was Gabe Newell, a microsoft employee at the time, that led the DOOM95 porting project which cemented windows as the gaming OS .
It feels poetic that Steam was part of getting Vulkan and Proton off the ground.