Just a hunch, but it's not performance why peeps are migrating away from windows
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2026
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Windows could run twice as fast and I still wouldn't switch back to it.
The performance boost is just the icing on the cake
Nobody is going to say what the real problem is unless they want to get fired
Just 1 more AI data centre?
Lightly squeezes AI bubble a few times
"Yeah, there's room for one more."
lol. Theyβre not going to reduce the bloat in their OS.
And only because of portable devices like the steam deck. If the software scene was exactly the same but these devices didn't exist, I don't think they would be doing this. They wouldn't care windows is heavier if it was about standard gaming computers only.
Woo competition doing its thing!
not really... microslop will always be trash and will always demand that you own nothing, and it's all their data
Nah they'll just do anti-competive shit to make Steam worse.
They'll copy Steam's source code, patent it, and then sue Steam for infringement.
It already is better in a number of games.
For gaming, Microsoft views steamOS as the benchmark, and is working to optimize the platform so that steamOS and Windows gaming performance are comparable. Within the next year or two, it believes that Windows will be able to truly compete head-to-head with steamOS in gaming performance on identical hardware due to foundational changes that are being made to the platform in the coming months.
Doubt.
Just die already microslop
IDK performance on Linux is amazing IMO.
My current favorite is Windrose, and it has an official requirement of a Radeon 6800XT or better, I'm playing it on Linux with a 2 levels lower Radeon 6600XT and has even increased graphics settings from the defaults, and it plays perfectly.
IDK if this is better or worse on Windows, but it seems to me that performance is for sure no longer a serious problem on Linux, even on games that run on the proton compatibility layer. And this is even on an early access game that isn't fully optimized.