But for as much as I like iD software’s products, and as much as I really, really want to play ET:QW, I’m not even going to consider buying it until there’s a release for the Linux platform.

I don’t usually take a hard-line stance on these things, but the only desktop I have that would even be capable of playing ET:QW is the centerpiece of all of the technology in my house, and I can’t “Just install Windows,” run ‘dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda’, or any other ideas you may have for screwing up my perfectly good build.

So you can take your Windows binary and shove it, oh tosser of the Vista salad. I’ll wait for the real thing.

Fortunately, the retail release should be followed in a few months by a Linux installer, so I only have to wave my middle finger in the air until, oh, November or December.