VVVVVVV is proprietary, not present in package repository. You probably need to install few libraries and remove some static outdated ones from VVVVVV folder.

For example, to play SPAZ I had to append *.bak to libasound.so.* - to make sound work, and libstdc++.so.* - to make GPU being correctly detected. Thats where the game is actually installed.
If it were properly packaged for my distro, I wouldn't need that. This is about the same like starting older windows game or newer windows game on older windows. Some libraries do not match.

OneDrive is basically FTP. I don't understand the "cloud" hype, but you absolutely need to switch you whole life right now or. OR! ... Well. Linux users are not as good at marketing, must ask the Apple guy over there how it was called. Aha, enlightment! You absolutely need it right now. He says.

I think you mean marketing, a lot of it. Initially they sold (actually, gave it for free) at loss for many years, then once everyone was hooked, it was time to harvest. Make people use it, depend on it, maintain control over it. Thats like, say, Samsung Galaxy phones. The Platform.The Way, The appstore.

For this reason, I consider Linux to be Personal Computing. Windows - not, its a product. Android is also a product, unlike Cyanogenmod - thats a Personal Handheld. Thats a very interesting system, where a person can change anything or modify to his needs. I think, thats the right type of self-positioning. When corporation allows this, when it allows everything to be changed, modded, adapted - if it can manage that, thats excellent.

Final Fantasy
Of couse it can suffer, especially proprietary applications that publisher does not care to update at all. Sounds pretty similar to Windows. By that I mean native applications, like native windows games on windows. Someone changes something and then some application breaks. Usually, people do a bugreport and application is fixed. Unless abadoned and nobody cares - thats type of applications one should always avoid.

is [url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1320070]"awesome".
Here you see people, basically downloading the source code for kernel module (driver), compiling it and installing. Aren't buggy or late-fixed drivers "awesome"! One is supposed to have it present in the system from start up. Someone will start yelling at me, I should've used the mac instead - it has only limited hardware base, hence no such problems, but I don't like overpriced old stuff. I don't think many do.

Well, Atheros- and Intel-based wifi always worked for me.

No and no. This is not how it works.
First, Windows executes everything. Linux does not, binary file or script needs "executable" attribute to be set - thats normally automatically set within a package. The hidden extension trick is still misused in email letters, on hacked websites, on hacked software vendor websites, on social sites.
Second. The package is stored in central secure place, not on million of different sites. Windows binary signing is actually a good idea.. but security corps would probably sue for this.
Third. The software code is open, so bugs happen, exploits happen, but at least - they are fixable and easier to find.
Fourth. The system is easily automatically updated, bad stuff is fixed few hours to few days once it becomes known. Only recently appeared on Windows, and with a special twist of "people are gonna install everything anyway", where on Linux you know exactly what is installed and that thing can be removed or blocked - no obligations.
Linux has 60-80% marketshare on web space, and if its not installed according to security practices, its hacked, rooted, shell-dropped. Google has already done Windows-like things with Android, the outcome is known.
You still can recieve a specially crafted HTML page link and have your linux system raped.
I would use an AV or IDS, its in intent of malware writer to be unnoticed.

Lets say Linux is awesome for gaming and is going to work. You mean manual, not book - Windows has largest collection of manuals installed - just F1. Do you need it? Thats what I mean. When it fails, its usually already reported.

It is useful, I can play, pause, work then get back. For example, Jagged Alliance 2 1.13.

Oddly, the famous alt-tab issue in Linux, is because most applications initialize window in full screen. Full screen means - window is in exclusive mode and window manager can't manage that window. If window is not in full screen, then alt-tab works everywhere. Windows has far less problematic Alt-Tab because it simply ignored the "exclusiveness".

I wonder how should I call this? "Awesome, nice" or "but thats an ugly hack and windows is still not capable".
Looks like it just hooks the binary and overrides the window flag. This is not always going to work as stated in the comments here.

I play Painkiller on HD5850 in full hd using open radeon driver here...