Strangely, the article doesn't mention any of the performance tuning benifits that Linux offers, such as being able to run system binaries and packages that are built with CPU microarchitecture optimisations for your specific CPU family; being a able to switch to a CPU scheduler that's more tuned to your workload thereby delivering better FPS and frametime stability (eg by using the LAVD and bpfland schedulers); being able to run your games under a compositor that's dedicated and optimised specifically for gaming (gamescope) etc.

Also, the article fails to mention how nice the overall user experience in Linux is, due to the lack of various annoyances which Windows has. For instance, Windows Updates tend to interrupt you, reboot at the most inopportune moment, and when you do reboot it holds your PC hostage with the message "working on updates, don't turn off your computer" (which can take ages), sometimes requiring multiple reboots. Linux has none of that nonsense - you update whenever you want to, reboot only once, the reboot is also instantaneous and doesn't hold your PC hostage. And if you're on an immutable/atomic distro, you get the advantage of fail-proof atomic updates, and the option for updates to be fully automatic, and if for some reason an update doesn't work out for you, you can rollback instantly right from the boot menu without needing to use a separate tool. Honestly, the superior update handling - especially with immutable distros - is a major selling point of Linux over Windows. Just ask any veteran Windows user and they'll say updates are probably one of the biggest annoyances in Windows, so I'm surprised that the article doesn't mention this.

The article also doesn't mention the issue of spyware and bloatware in Windows, which is not only annoying, but can also slow down your gaming experience. Of course, you can run a debloater tool - and most tech-savvy users do indeed run one - but you need to do so every month because Microsoft tends to sneak in new bloatware, or the changes you made to the packages/filesystem etc can get undone due to updates. Also, there's the issue of thirdparty spyware which no debloater handles, such as the rootkits installed by anticheat programs. Privacy issues aside, these rootkits are even known to cause BSODs and cause Windows Updates to fail! No such issues on Linux.

Finally, the biggest thing most gamers want is a hassle-free gaming experience without all of the above nonsense. Many of them want a console-like experience, where you come home after a hard day's work, power on your PC, and bam, you're off gaming without having to worry about a thing. Linux can offer that experience with gaming-optimised immutable distros such as PikaOS, or Bazzite where your PC boots straight into Steam (if you get the "deck"/htpc edition) and you can jump straight into your game, without having to worry about OS updates or any other maintenance tasks.

And that's what gamers want the most, they just want to game, without any nonsense from the OS. And the article fails to capture this. This, IMO, is why Linux is the best gaming system.