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Originally Posted by ElfBane
Gonna decommission one of my WinXP machines and undertake learning Linux. My goal is to get a Linux machine internet capable... AND as much a gaming machine as possible. I suspect that not much is out there gaming-wise, but I'll surf around and see what's there. GOG is planning on bringing classic (read old DOS type stuff and maybe some 95/98 titles) games to Linux in the fall. See this link...
http://www.pcworld.com/article/21091...ml#tk.nl_today . |
Elfbane, you'll be pleased to know that gaming on Linux is better than it has ever been at the moment.
http://store.steampowered.com/browse/linux/
http://www.playonlinux.com/en/supported_apps-1-0.html
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/
Any modern linux distribution (I would suggest Linux Mint or Ubuntu if it's your first time) should just work out of the box for things like internet access. Be aware that you may need to install proprietary graphics drivers to get good gaming performance - Ubuntu and Mint both have utilities to help you do that.