Quote Originally Posted by 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


Thanks for the knowledge.