noob w/ linux requesting oppinion

[blahguy]

Hello everybody, I am pretty much a noob with Linux (in its entirety) and I am going to switch to Linux regardless when i get back in the states but I was wanting some opinions from the source, the community that has experience with it. I am a gamer, and I like to play good FPS top of the line exc exc... What is my best course of action starting from the ground up? When I get back to the states I am building a new desktop and what is some of the best hardware that works good with Ubuntu? I am personally an AMD fan (I cant pass up price vs performance) and I would like to get a couple of HD 4870 with xfire. Would my best bet be to just duel boot w/ windows or go completely with Ubuntu? I was also wondering where is the best place to start to start learning to program with the Linux kernel so I can write some of my own programs. Like I said I am completely noob with Linux in its entirety and I am trying to get a good grasp on all of this as soon as possible. Thank you in advance with any suggestion!

[presence1960]

If you are a hard core gamer you had better dual boot. That's the short & sweet of it. Wine is not a good option in my opinion.

[cph05a]

If you are a hard core gamer you had better dual boot. That's the short & sweet of it. Wine is not a good option in my opinion.

I agree. Though many games "work" with wine, if you're a hard core gamer, just set aside part of your hard drive for windows. You'll save yourself a headache. Hard drive space is cheap these days anyway.

If you must go 100% linux and you're a gamer, you should also look into Crossover Games. It's easier than wine and has better support. The down side is you have to pay for it where wine is free.

[quickdraw]

Dual boot. Sadly the world of Linux is not friendly for us gamers. I basically gave up Pc gaming because I got too tired of dealing with Windows in general. That and my desktop was getting too old to handle most new games.

But I have my PS3 to keep me gaming and happy.

And to add to that, Wine and Cedega are still buggy for most Windows games. I'd check out out http://www.winehq.org for a list of games and known bugs.

[sdlynx]

if you are a hard core gamer you had better dual boot. That's the short & sweet of it. Wine is not a good option in my opinion.

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