to make Linux games. But as stated Linux is designed more to be a workstation/server style OS. Hands down, it will crunch any 2000 box when it comes to role of network services, samba, NFS, ftp/web server, or what have you.
The workstation side is good for those to love to tweek with the system. With Linux, your possibilites are endless.
Nevertheless, its interface is also the major drawback to the system. X is nice, but X is not that great. To put it bluntly, Linux (and the *nix community) needs to ditch X and come up with something better. (Gnome and KDE need to come togethor but that is a completely different story)
Max OSX has done just this with Aqua. Using Darwin as the OS (which BTW is a bsd *nix) and creating a new desktop environment. (now all they need to do quit asking a premium price for there hardware so more of us "common folk" can feel justified in blowing $2700 for an over glorified bloated UI running on over priced hardware)
Bottom line, it was great to see the Loki venture, and will admit I bought a game from them to support them, but nonetheless it just was not the right time for such a venture. Porting of games to Linux for the current time look to be done, but I still see this option opening up in the future should X get scrapped for a more User Friendly Interface.
my 2 shields worth.
Just play the d*mn games on yer windows box, and use your linux box for what IT was made for... Being a server, a router, a firewall, whatever 
