Its was a common knowledge that Linux is dull operating system used by specialists in their everyday work. That's not true today!
Games for Linux
Linux XP Desktop lets you run lots of games. To mention few: Unreal Tournament, Quake 4, Enemy Territory, Doom 3, Eve-Online.
Today lots of vendors release their games both for Windows and Linux simultaneously. You can install Linux versions of these games on your PC.
Windows-games
Windows games can run using Windows emulation program. Lots of non cutting edge Windows games can be played.
