Linux =o (help)

[Almighty_Gir]

so i've got my new rig built, but i'm kinda thinking of experimenting with it. i've installed OSX on one of the hard drives for audio recording.

for my other hard drive, i'm debating switching from windows to linux. i've heard great things about the stability and niceness of linux in comparrison to windows. but i'm worried that i won't be able to use the programs i've been using on xp in the past.

3dsmax, apparently, won't run on linux. what about zbrush?

would this be a good time to move into blender territory?

photoshop, too, doesn't work, but i've heard good things about GIMP.

does anyone here use Linux, and if so, what do they use on it?
also, what's it like for driver support etc?

 

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If you want to install both, make sure you install Windows first, then Linux. Otherwise, Windows deletes important bits of Linux because MS is filled with *******s.

Don't expect to game very well on Linux. Even if you get good games, graphics drivers on Linux are a joke. Driver support is mostly third party, so they tend to be buggy and rarely support all features available on Macs/PCs.