Switching to Linux Nov 11 2005

I’m slowly checking stuff off of my ‘exclusive to Windows’ list that’s keeping me using Windows on my main PC instead of switching to Linux. I run Fedora Core 4 on my laptop, and I’d like to do the same on my desktop, but currently there are a few Windows only apps that I either need to replace, or find ports for on Linux. For the majority of tasks this is easy enough, but the real problem is games! I’ve recently purchased Quake 4, which has a port for Linux: great! I’ve also recently purchased Age of Empires 3, which doesn’t :-( I’ve been testing the beta of VMware Workstation 5.5 recently however, specifically using the Windows version to host a guest Linux OS. Now I’m thinking that seeing how it runs so quickly (it really is a terrific product), I’ll be able to get away with running the Linux version of VMware Workstation, and having Windows as the guest OS for apps I still can’t find replacements/ports for! I’m getting ever closer to removing Windows as my host OS… :-)