I use windows right now but really would like to use ubuntu, I have before, and what made me go back is I couldn't get ventrilo to work with wine because my soundcard was fail.
So I recently picked up a new soundcard, and JUST MAYBE think it will work this time.
People have gotten ventrilo to work with this none-fail card so I have hope
The only games I play are UT CSS and WoW, although UT runs natively on linux, I'm worried that I won't be able to get steam to work.
should I waste time trying to get all of this to run, or just sit pretty with my windows?
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it's not an 'exclusively or decision'. you can have both installed at the same time. you won't be able to run both environments simultaneously and expect performance.
From your post it seems to me that most of your dealings at the computer involve gaming and related activities. If so, you're probably better off staying with Windows. You wouldn't have much to gain from using linux, except for the doubtful "hay looky, I use Linux, even though I don't know shit about it" brag factor.
However if you're still curious about the operating system and want to learn and spend time with it, why not just try it out and read a lot. All the documentation you need is out there.
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Anonymous2007-10-13 22:06
You can use things like cygwin if you just want a linux emulation within windows. Used that a lot for compiling using gcc, since I had a backwards instructor that only used it.