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The original was posted on /r/pcmasterrace by /u/lordvader002 on 2024-09-07 16:23:31+00:00.

I dual boot and use Windows to play games and use Linux as my daily driver for web surfing, banking etc. But lately I’ve been noticing that once I removed all the crap that microsoft added on to it (I used CTT debloat script winutil), Windows 11 is actually getting pretty nice. Back when I used Win10, it was a buggy as hell with their Store apps like settings failing to launch and when changing main settings, to even start menu getting borked. But nowadays even on Win11 The UI is very smooth.

The new settings has never had a bug, start menu, even though I prefer the traditional one, also never borked on me. Also it’s much more faster and feels more optimized than the Win10 versions of this. Also I feel Windows Explorer also got some optimizations under the hood, as it’s significantly faster for me than the Win10 version (Although again I don’t like the UI). Obviously being in PCMR I am a gamer, and it’s no secret that games are just easier to manage in Windows especially if you use other stores too. I’ve set up steam on both of my OS, but in Linux I have installed indie titles only as I feel bigger titles are better on Windows, and also I tend to keep my dGPU disabled on Linux to save battery (Yes laptop user here)

Also I am a very security and privacy centric guy and frequently, almost daily, run Windows update. Back in Win10 updates sometimes borked the entire OS installation it was crap. But gotta say now not only updates feel better debugged, it is faster to install and it doesn’t use that much system resource while updating. Also the restarts are really fast…

Still as a very privacy centric guy I will continue to main Linux for all the sensitive and personal work, and only use Windows when I feel it’s needed. But I have to admit back in the day I thought I’d go full Linux by the time Microsoft finally hits the dirt with Windows 11, but it’s weird that ironically I am finding myself using it more…