Comment by diggan

> It does feel like games take longer to launch on average, but this makes sense given the fact that it's launching via Proton/Wine.

Also anecdotal, but I feel like Steam games on Linux compile shaders on the CPU, and maybe not super optimized, compared to Windows where they either ship with precompiled shaders, or it might use the GPU?

Still, the very same games runs better on Wayland+Linux too for me, than on Windows, way less stutters in particular as you mention.

But I'm not sure if it's because of OS differences, or that it's so much easier to end up bloating a Windows install. I can't say I treat them the same, as one is mostly a work environment and the other one purely entertainment and creative usage.