outlawsbba

Try Opensuse or Ubuntu, i recommend Opensuse. Best to try on a old hard drive so u cant mess things up to much.

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Bluescreen_Of_Death

only because DirectX is a MS only creation. Believe me, we don't 'choose' to keep windows. Gates made that decision for us when he offered monetary incentives for devs to develop games for DirectX over OpenGL when the two could still compete.

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MrAMD_Fan

AMEN Brotha!
I would suggest Ubuntu myself.... very customizable.... Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu I believe.....

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thiussat

If you have to ask if you should use Linux, then you probably shouldn't. Everyone has to travel down their own road to Damascus.

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"I can't bring myself to try Linux Mint because they keep naming the OS after ex-girlfriends or women I've had bad run ins with. Cassandra was a sexual harassing shift manager. And Felicia was a stalker who knew how to turn a good day into a hellish experience in 0-60." -- Anub1s from BBR forums

dskina

Actually, I honestly believe the opposite. Once you learn about Linux, you would want to use it, or at least try it.

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evermooingcow

I think you got the wrong idea about what I meant...but in any case the fact still stands that games today are far more compatible with Windows than they are with Linux which lead me to question why someone who appears to prioritize gaming on their OS above all else would consider running Linux.

I would say its still good to gve Linux a try though. Game compatibility would probably be disappointing but there is more to gain from learning a new OS than what gaming could offer.

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steelrain33

Fedora would be the best way and easiest way to go in my book besides Linux mint. And to answer evermooingcows question most people dual boot.

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Bluescreen_Of_Death

And, with any luck, Apple will change that forever with OpenCL.

And there isn't any good reason not to at least try Linux. Its more secure, more lightweight, more flashy, and more reliable than windows. Plus, its 100% customizable, something Windows can't boast. the sole shortcoming of Linux is its lack of DirectX for gaming.

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Evontroy

Everyone (and I mean everyone) should try Linux atleast once.

-iceblade^

i agree COMPLETELY

for example, you can have a fully functional system in less than 4gb's of space... only XP and below can do that from microsoft's end... but XP won't be as stable as you can attest to

use Ubuntu 9.04 and use the etx4 filesystem when you install, then enjoy the magic

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