I would rather use a good OS like Ubuntu, but I do use DOSbox on it and I play such games as Doom, DoomII
When there happens to exists native game engines for old games then (usually) it's only disadvantageous to stick to the original engine:
* native efficiency > emulated original efficiency
* native controls (wasd + mouse look) > original controls
* native capabilities (gfx, sound, ...) > original capabilities
