LINUX Rules

[doc_bean]

Popular Linux distributions like Kubuntu actually have higher system requirements than XP.

Linux is a little faster in some things (opening a pdf with Kpdf for example), but this doesn't apply to gaming since
1. Few games run on Linux, Cedega or whatever it's called uses a (Windows like) shell I believe, which inevitably eats resources
2. Hardware support for Linux is pretty bad

[dragomix]

On linux you do not nead to install any driver for anything.

[R'as al Ghul]

On linux you do not nead to install any driver for anything.

Of course you do. You always need drivers to communicate with your hardware or peripherie. You may have the impression that you don't need any but that's probably because your distribution has brought already a bunch of drivers or it downloads and installs them without you noticing.
Try to get the 3d features of an ATI card enabled and tell me you don't need any drivers.
CEDEGA, which I only know as WINE, does need a lot of resources and is therefore not the same as playing directly on an XP machine.
XP is only slow when you don't disable redundant services and programs.


R'as

[naut]

Popular Linux distributions like Kubuntu actually have higher system requirements than XP.

Linux is a little faster in some things (opening a pdf with Kpdf for example), but this doesn't apply to gaming since
1. Few games run on Linux, Cedega or whatever it's called uses a (Windows like) shell I believe, which inevitably eats resources
2. Hardware support for Linux is pretty bad

Thanks for the knowledge.