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The odd thing to me is how immediately people jumped to "you can install Windows on it", like one would need to. The other thing that was funny is people saying "with Windows, you can run emulators", as if Linux couldn't already do that and with better framerates.

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Lots of people (especially younger people who are used to consoles) don't seem to understand what Linux is exactly. To many, PC = Windows and !PC means there is no software for it. Many seem to be under the impression that Linux is just a commandline thing.

Yeah, this is why like another commenter had stated that it's so imperative influencers like Linus Tech Tips distilling how to install and first-time operate GNU/Linux to the casual tech enthusiast and gamer crowds that don't focus on software or free software movements. I'm hopeful to see this be the trend, especially if it goes to non-Ubuntu-based distros strictly to avoid monoculture in the ecosystem.

I have used the popular open source NDS emulator - Citra, and it runs like 15 times faster on Windows compared to Ubuntu (NVidia GPU).

Versus like cemu which you can see people in forums suggest running through WINE to get better FPS even without an working Linux build.

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