This is an odd statement. I'm not aware of Linus ever being contracted to port video games to Linux. The Quake 3 Linux port was originally worked on by Loki Sof

This is an odd statement. I'm not aware of Linus ever being contracted to port video games to Linux. The Quake 3 Linux port was originally worked on by Loki Software, and then when they went out of business it was handled by Timothee Besset.