“I'll be damned if we don't find the time to get Linux builds done.”

—  Timothee Besset

Quoted in Michael Larabel, "Good News, id Tech 5 Is Likely Coming To Linux" http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzUzNg Phoronix (2009-09-14).

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