yeah i have found many apps, such as blender and gimp to also work faster on linux.

and a mate of mine from perth who plays world of warcraft at 1680x1050, he says het gets less leg, better fps and can leave his computer on for weeks using linux but in windows he has many more problems

what are you using windows for anyway, do you have to?

afaik, in order to run wow under linux, you need to turn opengl mode and that mode have only half effects available, so it works faster than direct x windows version

fabz0r wrote:what are you using windows for anyway, do you have to?

Yep. Linux doesn't understand me

I use it because I'm too lazy to learn to work linux properly. I've tinkered with ubuntu but I felt it was very counter intuitive. What puts me off is mostly the lack of driver support or the fact I'd have to go and hunt for it.

also, inb4codeyourowndriversyoupatheticlowlife

I did like ubuntu because it INSTANTLY picked up all the other computers etc. on my home network. Getting windows to network like that has been a massive pain in the @$$.

Also, all my university stuff seems to run primarily on windows funnily enough. Its bad enough writing a huge assignment, putting in on my USB key then discovering I forgot to convert it from Open Office format. I now keep a handy little file conversion program on my USB key just in case.