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Shootothrill

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Well for my PC which im making mainly for gaming im debating to use linux or windows xp. In one hane ones free but in the other the games are made to be played on windows. I know there is a program that you can get for linux to play games on it. What would you suggest?
 
Not all games run on Linux even with the emulators if you want a gaming pc go with Windows. I would recommend that you dual boot and run both.
 
maybe a SuSE and Cedega combo?
Cedega is made for running Windows games and it available for about $50 (i think it may be a monthly/yearly fee, but you probably pay more w/ Windows for repairs :) )
Here's there info page:
Cedega
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TransGaming’s Cedega brings the thrill of blockbuster video gaming to the Linux operating system. Cedega enables Linux gamers to play Windows titles on their Linux OS of choice. Triple-A video games such as Battlefield 2, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, World of WarCraft, Civilization IV, Madden 2006 and many more, can be played on Linux using Cedega. An easy, out-of-the-box gaming experience is at your fingertips. There’s no better way to play on Linux!
The Cedega Experience
Cedega Screenshot

Cedega delivers an amazing gaming experience that matches the Windows experience from Online Play and Copy Protection to Direct3D and Pixel Shaders. Cedega provides the gaming experience along with all the Linux capabilities you have come to rely upon without having to reboot your computer to Windows to play.
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Cedega’s remarkably intuitive GUI enables Linux gamers to do things that are impossible on Windows. With one action, you can set configurations across every game you have installed. Updating, deleting, moving, and even troubleshooting of every game is accessed from a single, easy-to-use interface.

But Cedega’s advantages don’t stop there. Cedega gives gamers the flexibility of running ANY game in its own window or in full screen mode. Want to search the web while playing your favorite massively multiplayer online game? With Cedega, doing so is just a click away.
Getting Cedega
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No matter what version of Linux you use, TransGaming’s online distribution system ensures that you can download and install Cedega with ease. Cedega is available through TransGaming’s subscription service or can be purchased through resellers globally. For those customers who subscribe to Cedega from transgaming.com, simply login to our website and download the appropriate Linux package. Packages for every variant of Linux are available. Best of all, being a TransGamer makes you futureproof: your subscription guarantees that you receive updates to support the hottest new games and patches as well as access to both email and web-based support.
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I think their montly/yearly fee is just for updates. I hear that they take pride in having a system that works, but I've never used it myself. I have a friend who had gotten a trial version... he had some issues with not having the graphics driver he needed, but he was able to install it in the end, or so I think... I'll ask him when I get the chance.

So here's link to the OSes/software you might want:
SuSE, free without support- http://opensuse.org with support from Novell- http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/
Cedega is available at http://transgaming.com
If you want to try your games on Linux for free, you may want to try out WINE. WINE is a free Windows implementation for Linux that allows you to run SOME Windows programs. More and more are becoming usable as WINE is updated (which is about once every two weeks or so) so you may want to think about WINE if you are broke :)
WINE comes preinstalled with SuSE, but newer version are available at http://winehq.org/

If you don't want to try SuSE, give PCLinuxOS a try. It's a very user friedly operating system with a HUGE package repository with more than 5000 downloadable packages and nearly every Linux program runs on it, and many are included. WINE's RPM is updated often so you can be sure that your version is new. It available at http://pclinuxos.org/
 
I'm a full time linux user, if you are a gamer then you need Windows installed. Cedega is good but doesn't support a lot of games and will leave you frustrated.

You could always dual boot, Windows for gaming and Linux for everything else. If you go that route, install Windows first, sort your partitions then install Linux.

For the sake of a few months, you may as well wait for Vista to come out. Then you can either get Vista or if you still want XP then hopefully the price will have dropped.
 
The price doesn't drop when they release a new OS. They simply pull the old ones from the suppliers so we can't buy them anymore.
 
Get Xp. If you really still want linux, like said you can always dual boot linux on another partition and your got your decision problem solved. Emulators are not always the best because it just emulates everything as it's name states. This can always lead to incompatibility, slowness, problems, tweaking, etc.. that you will to go into debugging if possible. XP pro, retail, you can probably find for around 200 give or take. Cheaper if you want to go to online stores that doesn't look reputable or have bad ratings.. Home is a little bit cheaper, and OEM, upgrade, etc.. are even cheaper. So around 200 should get you a nice copy of XP whichever way you want to go.
 
Definately dual-boot. While the gaming scene in linux is getting better, there's still plenty to be desired.

I'm an active member of the Ubuntu community, and I can tell you that there are plenty of questions asked about this.

However, please don't let this turn you off trying Linux though, it's a wonderful experience in itself.
 
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