I really think the best bet for running games is to run Linux (whatever flavor) inside of windows using something like VMware. I have linux spread over my two LCDs all the time and when I want to play a game, I drop linux down to one LCD and play the game in the other. It's really easy to switch back and forth between OSes. I still do my web surfing and any other computer needs in linux, but being able to play Dragons Age on one LCD while playing around in linux on the other is awesome.
I tried running winxp inside of linux using VMware, but the games were really jerky and I really didn't have the RAM for it (4gb). Some day I'd like to do that, but until I double my RAM I won't be able too.
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Originally Posted by Wyodiver33
Yeah, I know Ubuntu is the "frowned upon" distro for Linux geeks. Gotta start somewhere.
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I never got linux elitism about distros. I'm running linux, give me a fucking break. I don't know anyone that started with linux that didn't get some kind of help with it. People act like they sat down in front of a PC, booted Slack, and started recompiling kernels without batting an eye. Linux elitists piss me off.