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Piracy is a lot less frequent on linux than windows you know... and i mean a lot!
Firstly because there are less things to pirate on linux
Secondly because there's less stuff available for pirates on linux (linux compatible games and software for example, it's not exactly common stuff, just cracked software on linux in general is hard to come by.)
Thirdly because most of linux's users are adults, these adults are usually smart enough to know the importance of letting your money do the talking for you. Meaning they might boycott all the games that don't have linux support, in a similar way as i boycott all EA games and most Ubisoft ones too. (I still think there's hope for ubisoft, but that might be naiive of me)
Piracy in linux is usuall going to be windows compatible software that is then run through Wine, stuff that isn't compatible with linux to begin with that people want to find out if it is possible to make it run with Wine.
I'm with OP though, for that price? bettered have linux support if i'm to buy it.
Do you run Linux by any chance?
I dualboot windows and arch, as a gamer i won't let the lack of linux support hold me back from my favorite games, but as a linux user i really want to be able to use linux full-time since it's just so much better in most ways (windows is the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ work environment ever compared to linux for example, it doesn't even have a "pager")
I do my best to limit the games i buy to linux supporting ones, but sometimes if i want a game really badly (like Skyrim, FF7, Wizardry 8 and Dark Souls) i'm not always left with much choice. I try to only buy the very best games if they support only windows, but i don't hold back very much if i want a game and it has linux support. Linux support is after all.. so much win, since it usually means i can play the game on any of the 3 mainstream operating systems.
I as a developer refuse to develop anything that isn't cross platform between Mac, Windows and Linux even if i personally hate Mac, i think it would be ignorant to leave it out of the loop unless i was getting paid for it.
So as a developer, how much different is it creating something for Linux and Mac (since it is Unix from what I understand, and they are sorta similar?)
The differences between OS X and Linux however are that Linux is an operating system built from scratch, whereas OS X was originally a modified version of BSD. BSD being much more similar to unix than linux ever has been (it was originally written by Unix programmers, Linus torvalds had never used Unix when he wrote linux, he wanted to use unix so bad he decided to create his own version of it since he couldn't get his hands on it, and thus linux was born)
The reason it's hard to port from Windows to the other two is of course DirectX and Net Framework (C# & WPF)
What i do is, i select game engines that offer cross platform support. Things like Ren'Py and Unity for example. And i avoid windows exclusive languages like C# and DirectX to make porting from one OS to another easier (if it's not an automated process like in ren'py).
As for distributions, Mint is definitely the distribution i recommend for newcomers and it is my favorite "simple" distro. Honestly though, if you want to use arch, i recommend you just do it. I pretty much started in Gentoo which is more complicated than Arch in various ways (gentoo is the most similar to BSD out of all linux distros), then i moved to the easier to use Arch.
The arch wiki is great, and all i needed to install arch was the beginner's guide for it. I use arch because i like having absolute control over what programs i will have installed, there is almost nothing on an arch system except for what the user manually installed but it's easy to use in the end, all you have to do is get comfortable with using the terminal which comes automatically if you start trying to use arch but should already be there for you since you've used linux for a while i assume.
Imo, you're missing out half the fun of linux if you're not customizing it by trying out different window managers/desktop environments and media(music/video) players. Arch is perfect for trying out new things like that. I recommend you give Enlightenment 17 a try :P
Edit: @Xorbah: Couple of reasons, mostly for me it's because linux is fun. But there's also the reason that it's extremely customizable, mac and windows just don't offer even half the level of personalization linux does. Another good reason is that most desktop environments in linux are hands down better workspaces/work environments than what we've got on mac and windows. A good reason too is because it's free, while Windows is expensive as ♥♥♥♥ and... can you even buy OS X? i don't think so.
There are a ton of good reasons to use linux, but there are also a decent amount of reasons not to use it. Bad hardware compatibility and being hard to use are not two of those many reasons not to use it by the way. Ubuntu is about as "simple" as a mac and linux wins the other two (again hands down) in hardware compatibility with both "rare" hardware devices (such as industrials) and old hardware that most people don't use anymore. It is however often behind in support for the latest and greatest hardware, but as long as you're not top-of-the-line... But software compatibility is a valid reason. Games for one, although you usually can get games working it's often too much trouble, and not worth it due to bad performance. Then theres a lot of work related software, like sony vegas and photoshop. Sure i mean, we have alternatives but really? it's hard to learn photoshop, what if people don't want to learn gimp too because it's not any easier than photoshop for sure.
Now I am in love with more reasons to stick with it. It's FREE =)
When I built my PC, I didn't have to spend a dime for Windows.
And there is so many things I can do THE WAY I WANT THEM TO. I love the customizability and the options we have of different distributions.
Now I am even more familiar with Linux than I was with Windows. I was using my friends Windows laptop and everything was more difficult to do, (so it's not like Linux is harder or easier, it's just FAMILIARITY)
Using a simple linux distro like mint or ubuntu is something that practically any idiot can do i think since after all you can do it without even touching the terminal so it all comes down to Familiarity like eric said. But if you really want to be a skilled user (superuser/admin), someone who actually knows the ins and out of how the system works, where everything is, etc (for example the stuff you see on your C:/ drive in windows. the program files folder, the windows folder, documents, etc, how to use the control panel, "hacks" to improve your computers performance and the like) you need to use the terminal. The terminal is intimidating at first, but as soon as you get used to it you fall in love with it. Even if (like me starting at windows 98) you come from a GUI-Only background.