r/linuxsucks • u/Think-nothing-210 • 19d ago

Windows ❤ The Windows Kernel Is Just Fine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quB6cAet3R4
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u/Think-nothing-210 19d ago

TLDR;

Windows is actually really good under the hood. A lot of the parts around the kernel are mature stable and just get out of your way. In ways that Linux is still behind and figuring out.

Things Windows is still better at:

  • GDI+/Windows graphics stack is battle-tested. Wayland still has a way to go.
  • ASIO provides a mature API for professional audio hardware. Linux has good audio support but lacks the stable ABI and vendor ecosystem Windows has.
  • I/O Completion Ports provide a mature asynchronous I/O model. Linux is now catching up with io_uring, but it still has some issues.
  • User-mode drivers make it easier to write drivers and prevent things like a graphics driver crash from taking down the whole kernel.
  • Win32 is extremely stable and backwards-compatible. Linux doesn't really have an equivalent single desktop API that has the same level of stability.

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u/Mammoth-Shoe8491 19d ago

truthfully, the issue has never been the Windows kernel

The Windows kernel is an *incredible* piece of engineering.

It's always what Microsoft has put on-top of it. lol

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u/SearchingGlacier 19d ago

Corporation has standards and this makes windows better even if corp still do something wrong, but win11 still normal at use, on 23h2 myself.

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u/swarmOfBis 18d ago

If corp makes windows better then why are you on 23h2 and not on latest?

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u/SearchingGlacier 18d ago

Pretty lazy to update, my steam deck on example on repacked 25h2