I have never used linux as a main OS before, but I have done scripting for it to run a server for a game called NWN, so it would check if it was running, and if it wasn't (crashed) it would start back up. Just simple things like that.
Anyhow, what is available to compile c/c++ on linux?
Are there any good distros if I'm going to be using it for techie things like mainly programming, not games (thats why i will still have windows).