Linux Gaming, Serious Answers.

i am wondering about gaming for linux. especially in ubuntu. Have any of you played crysis or used steam on linux?

is it hard to use?

does it require the knowledge of API? the kernal that is.

Can you use ubuntu for this or is there another kind of linux you require for gaming?

i was wondering if you played crysis demo on linux if so then it would be awesome if someone could tell me how the process works.

I've got a dual boot with Ubuntu 7.10, and I am also a heavy gamer.
The reason I got a dual boot with XP is because of gaming: gaming is fairly bad on linux.

I've got steam installed with wine, and to be truthfull, it works. It is laggy as all heck, and I need to turn off Compiz to run it well. And that's just the steam interface. The actual games are extremely laggy, even on minimal settings. However, it can work, I've heard of many steam Ubuntu players with wine, just don't expect to run Crysis, because Wine is very poor with DX10 apps.

Now if you feel like shelling out some serious cash, Cedega is an option. It runs DX10 games to a near ordinary rate, but with some major compatibility issues.

I don't cedega merely because I'm content with my XP gaming.

Overall opinion: If you must, then try cedega and ubuntu. if not, then just stick with what you have.

And for your other question, no Kernel information is required.

EDIT: both Wine and Cedega are Apps for linux in case you didn't know.Also I've only used Ubuntu, I don't know anything about other distros.