It seems like Microsoft has realized its Windows FSE isn't enough to match SteamOS game mode — but it has a new project to solve it
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Microsoft is currently in an ongoing battle to improve Windows 11 for idle use and gaming to compete with SteamOS, and it has a big plan for it.

Microsoft is working on a new project labeled Windows ‘K2’, intent on removing bloatware, reducing AI, and optimizing Windows 11 for gaming, with three focuses of ‘performance, craft, and reliability’.

the issue is not about performance, is about enshitification. I mean, do we need TPM? do we need Microslop account to login our pc/laptop? do they really need to shove Copilot into Windows?

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    48·
    21 hours ago

    Microsoft is reportedly looking at Valve’s SteamOS as the benchmark for gaming

    Yeah, that’s Linux

    Valve’s SteamOS continues to show significant advantages over Windows 11 for gamers, with better memory utilization and improved in-game performance, but Microsoft has a plan to combat that.

    Let that sink in for a second. Linux with a not-an-emulation layer API runs Microsoft Windows games faster than Microsoft Windows, and so now Microsoft is scrambling to get windows at least as efficient again as Linux in running Windows products.

    Anyone ever trusting Microsoft again is a dumbass fool

    • viov@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      13 hours ago

      We really need more alternative private non-stock unionized companies in USA made to go against Big Tech

      That’s really what it comes down to. Better alternatives across the board

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        14 minutes ago

        Yes. If the community can win this hard ad-hoc, imagine the glory of buying from a dedicated employee owned vendor that provides a full stack solution with a support contract.

        There’s nothing (legal) the enshitifiers could counter with.

        And even when they go full illegal (and they always do), there’s more of us common folks who want a good product and a fair wage, than there are of them (exploiters).