aniketh

have a look at Cedega WineX at Transgaming [https://www.transgaming.com/]. I hope that removes the feeling from your mind that there are not enough games for linux. As for everything else, there are always alternatives. CodeWeavers provide CrossOffice, which allows running of Microsoft Office Suites. Also have a look at this http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

have any of you guys tried wget? according to me its one of the best, most versatile free site downloader there is. its open source, comes packaged with every distribution of linux (ok most), and there is even a windows version at sourceforge. [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/]

you might want to try1) anjuta IDE [http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/) kDevelop [http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ should be loads of other IDEs, you will have to search