The gaming experience on Windows is to get interrupted by updates constantly

*gets updates literally on the same day every month with 14 days time before a forced update*

*complains about getting interrupted by constant updates*

Sigh… I’m not even going to comment on this. Can’t fix fundamentalism.

but this isn’t even the first handheld gaming device to show a performance delta in Linux’s favor when tested

Because, overall, Windows 11 is badly optimised and MS already fired all the competent developers, so, yeah, it’s going to happen. But what Windows gives you, is the guarantee that if you have the hardware to handle a game, it will run. Any issues will be on the side of the game, not the OS.

I don’t think many people are experiencing this stability problem you are, as it doesn’t reflect in many reviews

That’s also part of the “Linux gaming experience” - with all the distros flying around, almost nobody will have the same exact experience. Sure, if everyone installs Bazzite on the Ally, it should be a relatively uniform experience, but - again - I fail to see the point in going through all this, losing the (apparently) excellent touch UI and a unified gaming library, just to get… 6 FPS extra. In one power mode.