dmroeder said:
Okay, my .02...
If you call yourself a gamer then to answer your question: you probably shouldn't choose Linux. Linux is not ideal for games, Windows is (unfortunately).
That being said, I chose Linux for most of the reasons mentioned above. And I game, I'm just not a "gamer". I am perfectly happy with what is available (Valve titles, some sweet indy games and even a little Minecraft). Although I would play AAA titles, I don't need them so I'm perfectly content with them not existing natively on Linux (hopefully that will change). If it's the fancy AAA titles you are after then don't chose Linux.
And that being said, I would encourage you to give something like Linux Mint KDE a try regardless of gaming. Although you might not be satisfied with the game titles currently available, it really is a great OS. It's not perfect, but neither is Windows by any stretch.
P.S. Your friend is showing his complete ignorance of Linux. I had a coworker that said the same thing: He was about to throw his old XP machine out the window and I suggested he install Mint on it to at least give it a no cost try. He is still using it and is pleasantly surprised. My mom, my dad, my wife, my kids (3/6), and several coworkers all use it. The beauty of it is that it is refined enough that all the people that I mentioned use it and in many cases find it easier than windows, yet it is open to tinker for the geeks. Unfortunately it has a stigma of being off limits for the average user when it is totally not true. Don't want to do the geek stuff, you don't have to. But it's there and it's really exiting to learn!
Another thing that I love is my machine had been running for 170 days straight (until my brother-in-law shut it down), fully updated and runs like a swiss watch. Not one update ever asked me to reboot. I ran Mint 13 until 17 was released and I never noticed it running slower than the day I installed it. My work machine with Windows 7 however....
Sorry for necro posting dudes but i will try but will Wine work for DX9 games I play games CS 1.6 Minecraft maybe GTA San Andreas and i play PS2 games using PCSX2 (I buy original PS2 games then i rip the games)
And about AAA titles Nope i dont play it and there is one good reason for that So take for example Call of Duty 1 and Call of Duty Ghosts I think the original one is better than its AAA version because these days game developer care only about the graphics not the actual gameplay
And about the Geek stuff i DO know how to work with Terminal but i don't want to write programs and all of that stuff
I just want to use Linux because i heard you can customize it all you want And best of all NO VIRUSES YAY!!!!
Oh one more question: If Linux get popular as Windows or Mac OS will hackers try to write viruses for it or it's impossible
PS: About your coworker trowing his XP box out of window I will never do that , not because i have to buy a new one but i have nostalgia towards Windows XP Windows Xp is my favorite OS of all times I still have me XP box (I know you think i am crazy) even if support for it has ended, I think Microsoft is killing Win Xp because of rage and greed, They are raging because Windows 8 has failed so hard with it "interface" and they want to force it
I bought a ASUS notebook When i wanted to downgrade to Windows 7 (bought a brand new copy Home Premium
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