Wait for the Windows 8 to come out before you make up your mind. GNU/Linux even though it’s becoming more and more usable for basic daily desktop activities it’s still years, maybe even a decade or so away from becoming a capable alternative gaming platform to Windows. Both the proprietary and open source Linux drivers for AMD’s hardware are pretty bad. Open source drivers for Nvidia’s hardware are also pretty bad. Wayland is still a couple of years away from replacing Xorg. Currently only Intel supports Wayland in their drivers, Nvidia says they have no plans for supporting Wayland. It’s also going to be a while till Valve actually releases their Steam client for Linux, especially considering Valve Time(I’m not joking). They’ll also probably want to release at least a few of their games with it, so it’s going to take them a while to port their games to Linux and even longer to make sure that they actually work properly considering the current condition of Linux graphics drivers. And hell, considering how little time most game developers seem to be spending on the Windows PC platform in general, I personally don’t see them jumping on Linux even when it becomes a viable gaming platform. Unless of course, some major paradigm shift occurs in how developers and publishers view the PC. So what I’m really saying is – don’t get your hopes up.
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