Check the CPU fan, too -- that's usually the first thing to go. Power supply is second.
Linux has improved markedly over the last couple of years; Ubuntu, in particular, has been concentrating on the desktop and "ordinary" users.
Games are the big problem with Linux, of course. It works for me because I was never much of a Mac or Windows user; just copied my Unix config files -- a dozen years ago -- and kept going.
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Linux has improved markedly over the last couple of years; Ubuntu, in particular, has been concentrating on the desktop and "ordinary" users.
Games are the big problem with Linux, of course. It works for me because I was never much of a Mac or Windows user; just copied my Unix config files -- a dozen years ago -- and kept going.