It seems that English is not your first language so possibly some of what you are trying to say is lost in translation, but it seems to me that you are thinking about stuff based upon a lack of understanding of various concepts.
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If you have the source code, which is supposed to be so open in linux, you should merely have to compile and that's it then.
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Yes, the source code of Linux is open. But the source of all those 'cool commercial games' is not open. So you can't recompile the games.
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How's the mac technology being used on IBM machines?
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I'm not personally aware of any relationship between 'mac technology' and IBM machines, however I do know that Mac OS X now runs on x86 (Intel) hardware, which is the same hardware platform Windows runs on. Is that what you're refering to? In any case, the fact that Mac OS X runs on x86 doesn't seem at all relevant to getting Windows games running on Linux.
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Or is that merely my computer that's not far enough? A motherboard replace halfway this decade should be enough for reasonable performance.
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The age of your motherboard is irrelevant. Updating your motherboard doesn't alter what programs your computer is capable of running.
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Where do we start?
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Realistically, you just don't.
You seem to be under a misguided impression that there is something you can do which will allow you to get any given Windows program to run under Linux. Without wishing to sound harsh, that's very naive.
Yes, some Windows programs can be run under Linux using WINE and although that is an amazing achievement the WINE project has been going for about a decade and is still at the point where if you pick up any given Windows program and try to run it under WINE then the mostly likely result is that it won't run properly if even runs at all.
If there was some way to get all the 'cool commercial games' for Windows running under Linux someone would have done it already. No one has because it's simply not possible. If you want to run lots of Windows programs then you need to use Windows.