Ars TechnicaJun 25
Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds
Lenovo Legion Go S gets better frame rates running Valve's free operating system.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/games-run-faster-on-steamos-than-windows-11-ars-testing-finds/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Show threadHeddersJun 25
@arstechnica I mean ... yes? Is anyone surprised by this? Win11 is a dog.
Show threadEmoryJun 27
@hedders @arstechnica i can't believe i'm saying this but i disagree. i'm a since-1984 mac user that loathes windows but i use it regularly and windows 11 is the best product redmond ever shipped other than the original xbox.
Show threadHeddersJun 27

@emory I'd say that goes to Windows 2000 (showing my age there).

I just can't stand all the bloat, the nagging, the ads, the constant demand for feedback, the shoving of OneDrive and 365 down one's throat, the wildly inconsistent UI ... to say nothing of all the AI stuff it keeps shoehorning in there.

Show threadEmoryJun 27
@hedders i mean i don't see any ads? i don't know what the heck people are complaining about ads for. i have a windows 11 workstation install and i use ollama lmstudio arc warp vscode pieces terminal edge-dev steam 1password wsl2 docker tailscale apollo/sunshine chiaki (ps streaming) and perplexity. i turned off the clickbait news thing they put in the left of the taskbar is that what people are talking about? i use ublock origin in my browsers and my household DNS uses cloudflare's .3 upstream.
Show threadHeddersJun 27
@emory Is your system Win 11 Pro by any chance? I think a lot of the ads and nagware isn't in that (or is disabled easily through InTune).
Show threadEmory
@hedders i use Workstation it was a $200 upgrade so you may have identified why i don't see nags but also i've used a pretty slick method to slipstream an ARM windows 11 vm on apple silicon for UTM that gave me the impression i could tailor every single block of data on the resulting OS image. i don't know if intune is generally available even but it'd be smart if it was especially since apple's abandoned their leadership position on MDM parameters and features for several years i guess now!
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Show threadHeddersJun 27
@emory I think that's probably why - Workstation doesn't have a lot of the more consumer-focused BUYBUYBUY stuff in it.
Show threadEmoryJun 28

@hedders alright my skepticism is withdrawn. my build procedure for vms trims out many things and i can use sunshine or the vnc console so i don't even need rdp licenses there.

i just stumbled into making those images in the way i would want to make them probably because i end up in a funnel of privacy-&-security-favorable repos and guides. i bet it's because i have an "open all the `brew home`s from all new forms and casks every time i compulsively type `brew update`!? that's probably it, 💯😂