Originally posted here by Dome
Ok in my opinion(as a linux user myself) Linux is not really a gaming system.... so dont go into it looking for cool games and cool features like there are in windows....
I got Quake3 and SOF running on this here linux box..

and xmms has a list of nice openGL plugins..

Linux and games work fine, and with wine you can play (after some hefty configuring) almost any windows game..