Recently for some reason my windows installation decided to fail. I tired to find the source of the problem for about half an before just deciding to reinstall windows, my preferences weren't that big of a deal anyways. So after booting to the disc and going through that little song and dance, the installation failed. I have never been a windows fan, and have deep down inside always wanted to try out a little Linux.So I downloaded the install disc for the newest Ubuntu on my laptop and installed away. I didn't have any problems with the installation and all the files from windows seemed to have survived the transition.
I was raised on macs and the only reason I even bothered to own a windows box was because of my deep and terrible addiction to videogames. My addiction knows no boundaries and the very thought of a world of videogames unavailable, just an operating system away, drove me nuts.
Installing Linux I was a little wary as to whether my games would run. I knew there was a way to run things, but was it going to be more trouble than it was worth? I can say for sure that, for most people, it has been quite a bit of trouble. Getting games to works involves using a program called "Wine" and getting everything set up involves at least a little use of the terminal, which I know for a lot of people is a no go. However this was part of the appeal for me, and the process for getting things running never turned frustrating.

I am pretty pleased with how things have turned out. Is there anybody else out there running linux?