Linked by Steve Husted on Mon 13th Sep 2004 08:28 UTC
Linux gaming. Let's face it - it's terrible. Tux Racer? Please. Quake III, okay, I'll give you that. NeverWinter Nights? If you can get it to work. WINE? If you have enough hair left to pull out, WINE is a good choice.
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Linux is sure more difficult to configure than Windows, seen from a typical PC gamers point of view - and especially if you compare Windows XP to Gentoo Linux that you say you use...
But speed? Could you provide some real benchmarks that show that Linux is much slower than Windows as a desktop OS? My experience, on my PC (no Gentoo..;-) is that there's not so much difference, and if there is, Linux tends to be a bit faster (e.g. it boots faster).
As to highend 3D gaming, of course MS Windows wins Linux or any Unix hands down. One reason is Direct X. But personally I would rather have a bit slower gaming experience on Linux than use anything as unsecure as Direct X on it... Another reason is that game companies and Microsoft cooperate so much, even MS itself is also a big game company. Gaming and entertainment hss been one of the main goals of Windows development quite much from the beginning. Not so with Linux/Unix. However, that doesn't mean that good games could not be developed for Linux. Especially with current common PC hardware speed should not be any sort of a restriction.