I've made the switch to Bash, and the full Linux kernel and userland, a few years ago, and I've been loving it. As for gaming, I have one HD on my machine with

I've made the switch to Bash, and the full Linux kernel and userland, a few years ago, and I've been loving it. As for gaming, I have one HD on my machine with Windows, and I boot from it to play. This has the added bonus of completely separating my "work" environment from my "play" environment.