I always have to laugh about linux people when they mention Windows Updates is what makes them not use Windows on Deck.

Reality is:

• Windows updates are downloaded in background. About once a month. And they only bother you when you shut down your device (it will then show “update and shutdown” besides the normal “shutdown”)
• On the steam deck you literally can update 5 times a day
  • Shader updates
  • Decky Load updates
  • Desktop mode app updates
• Its absolutely ludicrous how many updates the deck has all the fricking time. You NEVER feel “up to date”. You constantly get shader updates, app updates, etc.
• Its like a constant stream of updates that trickle to your device 24/7

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And dont get me wrong. Getting updates is nice. And it rarely bothers me (especially when I want to play a game and it tells me it needs to update first).

But the linux shills claiming “Windows has annoying updates” seem to have never used Windows. And especially on the deck.

• With Windows on deck you dont get any shader update stuff. None. Never.
• With Windows 3rd party launchers can run in the background. Which means that they will also update the games in the background (just like steam does on SteamOS).
  • This means if you start a game with a 3rd party launcher you DO NOT have to wait for an update of the game. It was already downloaded in the background.
• When steam (and therefore the SteamOS UI) gets updated - the device does not need to restart. With SteamOS it always does a full restart.

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The whole update situation on deck is at the moment clearly better on the windows side.

MUCH fewer updates. More seemless updates.

I hope Valve can improve on that … its not a great experience to start your deck and immediately have 6 updates. Every fricking time you start the deck …