Hah, you do have a point though--even if there are great games for Linux, most of the popular ones (at least for my demographic ;) are Windows-only, and gaming

Hah, you do have a point though--even if there are great games for Linux, most of the popular ones (at least for my demographic ;) are Windows-only, and gaming is as much about playing with friends as it is about the quality of the games. However, my roommate, like a bunch of my other friends, is entirely an XBox person, so the games aren't the issue.