[KLUG Members] Windows user with interest in Linux.

[Mike Williams]

Jason R. Schroeder wrote:
> Ok, cool. I think the machine I will start with is my main desktop, not the server. Reasons for this would be that it would give me time to learn Linux, so that when I make the move to make the server based off of Linux I will know how to get it running, and be able to maintain it. The two remaining questions is, my class is based off of visual c#, and from browsing the web I see that it is possible to get visual studio 2005 for Linux. Has anybody had any experience with this? Secondly, there are 3 main games I play. Counterstrike: Source, Battlefield 2, and World of Warcrack. How would they fair with it. Does Linux support NVIDIA SLI? Anyways, I thank you all for your continued help regarding this big leap I am about to take. 
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> Jason Schroeder
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Cedega (the transgaming emulator product) works very well.  A friend of
mine plays World of Warcraft on it with no trouble at all.  I've played
Half-life 2 a little slower than on Windows, but it works fine.  I can't
speak for Battlefield 2, but there is a games database on
transgaming.com somewhere.  I think SLI will work under Linux, but I've
never tried it.  Nvidia's Linux drivers are very stable, but you don't
get near the performance benefit of having a fancy video card when
you're using the card under emulation.  The system has to do a lot of
the 3D calculations in software.