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Originally Posted by bendsley
A lot of games being released are having linux binaries written for them. Such as Quake, Half-life 2, CounterStrike, etc. There are many games being ported. They require you buy the cd, just as you would for a windows machines, and then they tell you how to get the game running under linux. It's not hard, just different.
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It's probably important to note that Half-Life 2 and counterstrike don't work natively, only via
WINE or now
Cedega. id software has always had good support for linux. Quake3 ran beautifully, and Doom3 support is getting much better. Epic is arguably better, including support
out of the box for UT2004. There's also Bioware with Neverwinter Nights. I always try and support companies that do provide a native Linux client. It can take some work to get games going sometimes...it's not always easy depending on your system.
I also keep Windows around on another partition for games that won't work in Linux. For day to day stuff though, it's Linux or nothing. I'm much more productive in it anyhow. Virtual desktops are my poison
That's the beautiful thing about Linux. You can configure most anything to your liking, instead of conforming to somebody else's idea of a suitable working environment.
The best advice I have to give would also be to take it slow, research, and ask questions. Most Linux users started off in the same place, so they're sympathetic of any beginner's situation. Plus, you might learn skills that will help down the road with other issues. There may be those that feel high and mighty (RTFM, anyone?), but they can safely be ignored...there's many other friendlier users who will be quite willing to help. It really is a great community.