The new mint OS is awesome

A Windows game needs Windows. You can run some Windows games in a virtual Windows environment or Windows emulator, but the performance is usually quite bad. That is pointless, yes.

Linux in general is not generally good for gaming. Lots of driver, feature, and developer support is missing in the Linux gaming space. Microsoft has spent billions of dollars in support, partnerships, and agreements to assure that DirectX is the most popular game rendering API. A free Linux industry run by volunteers is not going to compete.

What are the benefits of Linux over Windows? It is usually free. It is open source. It can be more secure. It can be faster and better optimized. It can be more flexible and customizeable. It can be an easier platform for developing and deploying specialized hardware and software solutions. That sort of thing. It's what boots up when you plug in your modem or router or turn on the screen for your in-flight entertainment system in the headrest in front of you. It is the original heart of the Apple and Android operating systems. It is the workhorse and often unspoken backbone of your integrated electronic life. If you own a "smart device", it's likely running on Linux. From your computer to an internet site, Linux is almost certainly somewhere in between.

I never said Linux wouldn't prosper. I think it is already very successful. It's just not good for gaming.

ty_ger07
A Windows game needs Windows. You can run some Windows games in a virtual Windows environment or Windows emulator, but the performance is usually quite bad. That is pointless, yes.

Linux in general is not generally good for gaming. Lots of driver, feature, and developer support is missing in the Linux gaming space. Microsoft has spent billions of dollars in support, partnerships, and agreements to assure that DirectX is the most popular game rendering API. A free Linux industry run by volunteers is not going to compete.

What are the benefits of Linux over Windows? It is usually free. It is open source. It can be more secure. It can be faster and better optimized. It can be more flexible and customizeable. It can be an easier platform for developing and deploying specialized hardware and software solutions. That sort of thing. It's what boots up when you plug in your modem or router or turn on the screen for your in-flight entertainment system in the headrest in front of you. It is the original heart of the Apple and Android operating systems. It is the workhorse and often unspoken backbone of your integrated electronic life. If you own a "smart device", it's likely running on Linux. From your computer to an internet site, Linux is almost certainly somewhere in between.

You can get allot of windows games running using WINE and play on Linux, BTW wine stands for Wine Is Not a Emulator.
For distros I would stick with a Debian based release, I use MX17.1 and love it, their mx tools is by far the best all in one place easy to use solution.

ty_ger07
I said "Virtual Windows Environment" for approaches such as WINE. WINE isn't perfect, isn't completely reliable, and may create a huge performance deficit since it gets the Linux display server in between the game and the hardware; which can cripple hardware acceleration. It's an option but is no substitute.

Not really had any issues on the games I got working and tried, I think the biggest thing is getting your display drivers setup correctly, that seems the biggest hurdle to get right, once that is done and enabling coolbits in the x11 config file games run much much better.

Hoggle
Linux is fun as long as you know what you are doing and understand some things might not working you hope. Now it’s a lot easier then it once was to get it to work but still it takes a little bit of knowledge and the willingness to know things will probably work but might not be fully functional like they are in Windows.

ah yes the days of hunting down drivers and compiling kernals just to get wifi were no fun at all, and what I had to go through with symbolic links for Java was a nightmare lol

Subsequent to tidying up My Future GrandDaughter-In-Laws Win 7 machine that had so much malware it took days to tidy up. From that point onward, I complimented myself on utilizing Linux as my essential OS, on Laptops and Desktops alike. I have never had the battle with Linux, that I had on her machine. In the event that you become weary of malware think about Linux.

gbapk007
Subsequent to tidying up My Future GrandDaughter-In-Laws Win 7 machine that had so much malware it took days to tidy up. From that point onward, I complimented myself on utilizing Linux as my essential OS, on Laptops and Desktops alike. I have never had the battle with Linux, that I had on her machine. In the event that you become weary of malware think about Linux.

Go to Windows.

Excellent compilation. Linux is great for security and usability is getting better all the time :)

Used Ubuntu some years ago but eventually switched to Windows 7 due to incompatibility with 3d software and never went back. It is a pity because I think Linux is amazing. At that time it had that lacking which forced me to stop using it.

Onetwokiss
I used it for 4 years,and switched to Windows 10 last year.

Don't blame you.     

Onetwokiss

XrayMan

Onetwokiss
I used it for 4 years,and switched to Windows 10 last year.

Don't blame you.     

Thank you,i am going to install it on my another new Laptop.
 

I thought I would miss Win 7 when I went to 10. I'm actually happy with 10. 

Onetwokiss
I used it for 4 years,and switched to Windows 10 last year.

On my another working computer,switched to Windows 10 2 years ago.

If i no longer needed to work on Windows 10,i would immediately switch to Linux.

Linux is not straightforward and easy to use, unfortunately