I think that's a fair point, and also it's cool that they want to try to be sensitive to a group that's historically gotten the raw end of the deal much of the time.
It's small progress, but better than business as usual.
I already like the direction this game is going, I had already found humankind to be a lot more fun (I still probably will prefer it due to the graphics it gives) but now that they support Linux I will give them my complete attention