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?

  • djdarren@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    12 hours ago

    It’s very similar. I found WinApps to be quite flaky, where WinBoat feels much more solid. However, a nice feature of WinApps is the ability to set the Windows apps as the default file type, and you can open files from the right click > Open With, which you can’t do with WinBoat. Not that I’ve found, anyway.

    • finalarbiter@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      Nice, the default file types isn’t a deal breaker for me. I’ll have to give it a shot! I’ve been testing debian on my laptop before changing my desktop over. Hadn’t found a good solution for a handful of my windows-only programs yet but this seems like it might do the trick.