Linux Question - Hardware & Software

I've liked Linux for numerous of reasons, But the one reason why I've not moved to Linux is that, most if not all my games will not work, is this true? I know there is WINE, but would that make the game lag due to the application being emulated. I like windows, but it kinda eats my ram (Windows 7, Ultimate 64bit) If the cons were to be fixed, what linux would you suggest to me? I like Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Thanks

Well if you really want linux and want to game I suggest a dual boot.

[QUOTE=Teh Kitteh;31320870]Well if you really want linux and want to game I suggest a dual boot.[/QUOTE] True

[QUOTE=gmodfan423;31320772]but would that make the game lag due to the application being emulated.[/QUOTE] They're not being emulated with WINE, WINE's a compability layer.

Why do you think that Wine is an emulator? Who told you that? [B]W[/B]ine [b]I[/b]s [B]N[/B]ot an [B]E[/B]mulator.

[QUOTE=Jookia;31322594]Why do you think that Wine is an emulator? Who told you that? [B]W[/B]ine [b]I[/b]s [B]N[/B]ot an [B]E[/B]mulator.[/QUOTE] hmm, Sorry, I admit I were to be wrong. I just thought it emulated a windows environment

If wine were an emulator it would run slow as hell. Because it's a compatibility layer, it will give you a more negligible slowdown. It all depends on the games really. Some will be horrible and some will be great. If you dual boot you will be sure to have no unnecessary slowdowns. If you are mostly going to play games. It's very much pointless to have a entire partition dedicated to linux when you don't use it that often. Having linux in a virtual machine might be a better solution for you in that case. It all depends on how much you're going to use it.

[QUOTE=gmodfan423;31320772]I've liked Linux for numerous of reasons, But the one reason why I've not moved to Linux is that, most if not all my games will not work, is this true? I know there is WINE, but would that make the game lag due to the application being emulated. I like windows, but it kinda eats my ram (Windows 7, Ultimate 64bit) If the cons were to be fixed, what linux would you suggest to me? I like Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Thanks[/QUOTE] Just an FYI, Windows is designed to eat RAM, unused memory is wasted memory after all. Windows will assign memory just as well as (and often better than) Linux. Wine can be hit and miss, some games will run beautifully such as EVE online (it used to have a Linux port, and I remember the devs saying that they were making sure to keep it wine compatable) and other times it will simply refuse to work for games. Assuming wine suddenly decided to start working miracles, Arch can be a very rewarding experience. It's ideal for the power hungry user who wants total control. Also, Boris B is right. A VM is good if you just want to play with linux and installing it on another machine is ideal.

Team Fortress 2, Half Life 2, and several other Source games all run fine in Wine. However, some people do report slightly slower framerates and whatnot. It depends largely on the graphics card drivers you use on Linux. I suggest you just dual boot. If you decide to try it anyway, I highly -HIGHLY- suggest trying [url=http://www.playonlinux.com/en/]Play-On-Linux[/url] instead of vanilla WINE. It will automate much of the process of installing games for you. You might also be interested in their [url=http://www.playonlinux.com/repository/?cat=1]compatibility list[/url].

[QUOTE=Boris-B;31327034]If wine were an emulator it would run slow as hell. Because it's a compatibility layer, it will give you a more negligible slowdown. It all depends on the games really. Some will be horrible and some will be great. If you dual boot you will be sure to have no unnecessary slowdowns. If you are mostly going to play games. It's very much pointless to have a entire partition dedicated to linux when you don't use it that often. Having linux in a virtual machine might be a better solution for you in that case. It all depends on how much you're going to use it.[/QUOTE] I just give linux a 20gb partition