Once Linux becomes a viable alternative to Windows for office use things will improve. With office use we will see better driver support for common hardware (not that there is much of a problem currently, other than closed source).
Multimedia support under Linux is not in a bad state. SDL is a good standard set of libraries for handling windowing, OpenGL, input and audio. With projects such as Project Utopia and HAL integrating the kernel with the desktop, things can only get better.
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Once Linux becomes a viable alternative to Windows for office use things will improve. With office use we will see better driver support for common hardware (not that there is much of a problem currently, other than closed source).
Multimedia support under Linux is not in a bad state. SDL is a good standard set of libraries for handling windowing, OpenGL, input and audio. With projects such as Project Utopia and HAL integrating the kernel with the desktop, things can only get better.
I think the future is bright for Linux gaming.