I've never used PCLinuxOS (guess I should throw that in my repertoire). But I'm assuming like most distros it has a repository. Are you using the graphics drivers from AMD or your repository. In the past I've had problems with games and it required actually install the binaries from the AMD website instead of the premade packages. This might help. I'm sorry, but it's really hard to pinpoint the source of your problem because it seems like it's getting hit from all angles, connection and hardware.
More information would really be better, what type of internet connection do you have, what hardware (other than your graphics card) are you running. I'm assuming by your graphics card you are on a desktop? PCLinuxOS ... (version (or at least install version since it's a rolling release distro))?
I wouldn't close this case, if nothing else this is a challenge for you to get to know your computer, the game and the OS better. If you have no interest in doing that you could use Ubuntu. PCLinuxOS is probably not a distro I'd recommend for limited experience. Please don't get me wrong this is not an insult, I started off with Mandrake 10.1 and moved to Slackware 10, but I was willing to get my hands dirty to solve my problems. Now I just want things to run so I use Ubuntu. If you want a more "do it for you" distro, Ubuntu or a variant thereof could be considered.
More information would really be better, what type of internet connection do you have, what hardware (other than your graphics card) are you running. I'm assuming by your graphics card you are on a desktop? PCLinuxOS ... (version (or at least install version since it's a rolling release distro))?
I wouldn't close this case, if nothing else this is a challenge for you to get to know your computer, the game and the OS better. If you have no interest in doing that you could use Ubuntu. PCLinuxOS is probably not a distro I'd recommend for limited experience. Please don't get me wrong this is not an insult, I started off with Mandrake 10.1 and moved to Slackware 10, but I was willing to get my hands dirty to solve my problems. Now I just want things to run so I use Ubuntu. If you want a more "do it for you" distro, Ubuntu or a variant thereof could be considered.