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You’re right. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. But for those few games that don’t run you get:
Computers are more than video game machines. I made the final switch away from Windows because I wanted to be treated like a person, not a customer.
It’s a lot more about philosophy than functionality. When something doesn’t work in Linux, I know it’s a genuine mistake someone made and that it wasn’t intentional. M$ has infinite money and they can’t even figure out how to keep the Sleep function working while at the same time forcing you to sign up for an account that they can choose to cancel for any reason whenever they feel like.
You don’t own your PC on Windows.
Can you honestly say that you didn't come to this thread looking for this fight?
I dual boot Kubuntu and Windows Enterprise LTSC for the best of both worlds, at the price of a little bit of redundant storage. There's pros and cons to both. I think being able to recognize that is all the other user was initially saying, rather than pretending like they're not there.
It's also why I feel like the answer isn't in the spirit of the question: each of the major OSes hit a different type of user, and you just admitted that the snobs and elitists mostly exist on the Linux side (and Mac), which is true.
Is that because your games need a rootkit to let you play, or is it an actual incompatibility? I've been running Bazzite at home for over a year now with minimal issues.
People recommend moving away from the company that abuses it's users and is enshittifying it's OS to the point it's becoming slop. And I'm not a windows hater, I support it professionally and have for over a decade. But the writing is unfortunately on the wall, so finding ways to make your system work better for you is a good idea before Microsoft really fucks you over with a bad update that bricks your system.
Oh I see, you want to ~~die~~ get downvoted to hell.
I mean, if all you want is a video game box, and you don't care about privacy, security, or customizability, Windows is more compatible, sure. I wouldn't call it better.
The games I enjoy (e.g. Portal 2, No Man's Sky, Split Fiction to name a small few) all get noticeably better performance on Mint via Proton than on Windows. But games like Destiny 2, Fortnite, etc. with their invasive anti-cheats will never work on a system that respects the user's privacy.
So if what you want is compatibility, sure, Windows is king. But you do pay a price.
Honestly, I've "solved" this by accepting defeat. My gaming PC is only used for gaming, and I consider it to be roughly on par with an Xbox or Playstation or work laptop. Any data on it should be considered public.
I do literally everything else on my Linux box, which I actually feel OK about. Yes, I could dual boot, but honestly, having my stuff airgapped from the crazy intrusive "security" is nice.