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Windows feels a little better than Mint
I installed mint in a windows partition successfully to try it. I must say in the UI customization and features, and efficiency wins windows by a lot. But even with installed drivers and everything updated, windows (Unbloated) feels smoother for me, with more consumption of course. If you want to install Linux for gaming DON'T, most of steam games run on Linux but with a quite noticeable performance and responsiveness loss.
Overall Linux mint feels kind of a mix between an android UI and PC features.
The driver updating and installer is MUCH better in mint.
In general both are great but i feel windows more responsive (although much heavier), prettier and more compatible with anything.
PD, mint animations look much more neat than in windows.
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While Steam and Proton have improved a lot, some titles still perform slightly worse compared to Windows, mainly due to driver or compatibility quirks.
Your note about gaming performance is spot-on—many users find Linux gaming viable but still with some performance gaps compared to Windows, especially in certain titles or with specific hardware.
