what computer system for SL???

I have several questions about a computer system for SL

1. on which does SL seem to work better Mac or PC
2. What is the minium requirments for you to be able to run every thing on FULL in SL SMOOTHLY including broadband requirments

3. GODDAMNIT (sorry don't punish me) WHEN WILL THERE BE A LINUX VERSION

1. Neither
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BlueGeneL-600x450.jpg
3. After they figure out how to get the mac and pc versions to work properly.

but blue gene is 258 TFLOPS do they run it on Blue GENE?

1. Traditionally PC gets more testing than the Mac version, but I dont think it's been as bad lately.
2. AMD FX-class processor, 2GB DDR3200 RAM, GeForce FX6800 Ultra or better, 5-6mbit internet connection.
3. Soon. Cory is preparing for the alpha test at the moment.

-Adam

I have a AMD Athlon 3400, 512mb PC3200 DDR SDRAM 128MB DDR video memory my ghz runs as either 1.79 or 2.21 (can't tell because it will change win i check systems data somtimes) and i have Cable so i get 840 kilobits (which i am runing at this moment and) and 5.0 megbits. It tends to change through out the day since it is LAN. they really need something better than LANs and I have Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 (i don't know how to tell wether it is AGP or not)

Hardware Overview:

Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 3 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL:

Chipset Model: GeForce 6800 Ultra
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0040
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 2130
Displays:
Cinema HD Display:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported

~Ulrika~

I get similar Second Life playability on the following Mac and Windows configurations: One has dual CPUs and one has dual GPUs.

x86
CPU = A64 3500 (2.2 GHz)
RAM = 2 GB DDR 3200
GPU = SLI 6800 Ultra 256

Macintosh
CPU = dual G5 (2 GHz)
RAM = 2 GB DDR 2700
GPU = 6800 Ultra 256