Lost on Ubuntu vs windows...?

Question

I am building a GAMING pc... And I was told that in order to get good use out of my Memory, (8g), and to get good use out of all four cores on the i7... that I would have to buy windows 7 ultimate... I was also told that I could run Linux ubuntu beryl.. with wine, and that it would be a better OS to do get function out of the system, but that I might not be able to play games on it..

Important thing to me is running games, and movies, and getting the best results possible..

What do I need to do as far as operating systems?

Answer 1

The other people are right that you need Windows for the majority of the games. Don't get Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit unless you want bitlocker and more languages. You'd otherwise be fine with Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. You can still get XP mode for old programs in Windows 7 Pro.



Screw the person that thumbs downed me for no reason!

Answer 2

All the games that you're building that PC for are developed for Windows operating systems, so it's really not an option. Yes, you can run some Windows programs with Wine but even for desktop applications, there are stability and performance issues. If you run games on Wine, and even if they work, the results would be horrible.



So my advice would be installing and 64-Bit Windows 7 operating system. 32-Bit operating systems can't use more than 3GB RAM.

Answer 3

Windows 7 is better option for you...ya Ubuntu is good,but you want to play game and wine don`t support/run all the windows games and applications

Answer 4

UBUNTU



Ubuntu 9.10 Download

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download



The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Installation

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-9.10-karmic-koala



Installing Software on Ubuntu

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware



Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) User Guide

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Karmic



You download the ISO. image of Ubuntu 9.10 then you need to create a Bootable LiveCD for installation



Ubuntu 9.10 can also be run direct from the LiveCD from Booting up without touching your Hard Drive



COMPIZ (Formerly Beryl)



Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop (NVIDIA cards)

http://www.howtoforge.com/enabling-compiz-fusion-on-an-ubuntu-9.10-desktop-nvidia-geforce-fx-5200



ATI CARDS



RadeonDriver

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver



RadeonXpress

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonXpress



COMPIZ GUIDE



CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM)

http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/CCSM



CompizPlugins

http://wiki.compiz.org/CompizPlugins



CompizPluginsMain

http://wiki.compiz.org/PluginsMain



CompizPluginsExtra

http://wiki.compiz.org/PluginsExtra



EmeraldThemeManager

http://wiki.compiz.org/EmeraldThemeManager



GAMING



PlayOnLinux

http://www.playonlinux.com/en



Wine Application Database (AppDB)

http://appdb.winehq.org/



Using Wine on Ubuntu

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/wine





LUg.

Answer 5

first off i have BOTH on my pc and I love it. Ubuntu is good for gaming but some stuff you need windows to use no matter what. Ubuntu is a very nice gaming OS but you still need windows for some games.