The Desktop Lives!

I finally broke down and purchased a new video card for my desktop — an Asus 8800GT. Man, I really missed having a desktop! Don’t get me wrong, I love having a fast laptop with good graphics, but it just doesn’t replace a real desktop for me.

I have never been much of a PC gamer, but I plan to try out a few PC games this summer. My video card came with Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, which is apparently a stand-alone expansion pack for the original game. I am going to give that a try, followed by Crysis, which my fiance owns, but never really got into. Anyone have other recommendations for good PC games?

Another good thing about having a working desktop is that I can finally experiment properly with Ubuntu Hardy! Linux really seems to be cooking in a lot of new markets these days. Not only is it maturing on the desktop, but its mobile applications are expanding quickly.

I guess I’m not surprised by this, since no matter what kind of device you’re talking about, someone will tell you that you should put Linux on it. Anybody else run Linux?