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[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 days ago (4 children)

it's more or less just a new app

You know a reason why Linux with Steam runs just way better than win? Because they use game scope, therefore not needing to render and run all of the desktop.

So what does Microsoft do? They release a new app on top of the already bloated desktop.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gamescope is a compositor. It has many useful gaming features, but it doesn’t have a major performance advantage over desktops like Gnome, KDE, or tilers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The performance advantage comes from the fact that there isn't a full-fat desktop running concurrently with the game. You're booting directly into Steam.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Performance isn't noticably worse in desktop mode on the Steam Deck compared to gaming mode. Windows is just full of bloat and has a trash power scheduler.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They thinned the os, ive just watched llt video, the appear to have debloated some of it

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well according to information out there they did get permition to tweak Windows to make it much more sutible for gaming handhelds.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

that sucks, make windows lightweight for all of us.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Apparently it will come to all desktops.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

x to doubt its actually gonna be lightweight

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

As per Microsoft, they apparently saved 2 GBs of RAM by preventing productivity apps (bloat) from loading in their Big Picture mode. Now, it's another entirely different thing about how they are handling CPU/VRAM for the games. Let's see how that goes.

There was a Youtuber who showed that Windows is bloated, not because of background apps, but because of not using CPU properly (incorrect governor settings). The Youtuber used a script to set it right and windows got a boost in battery life. This kind of makes sense because I've seen none of the "bloat-free" Windows ISOs provide a significant performance boost over the standard OS.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Bloat caused by bundled apps is different than bloat caused by the OS being a hodgepodge mess of ancient features, half baked new "features", and spyware.

Of course clean ISOs still install the horseshit known as Microsoft Windows; most of the crap comes from windows itself.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Funny how this is exactly the opposite of what they're doing, but sure, keep on raging.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Yeah apparently the desktop doesn't even load when this launcher is used. But it's still an option.

I don't think not loading the desktop will really help much. Maybe it will free up a few hundred MB of memory.