I am not sure how people get all these issues. I installed fresh windows recently, and I don't see noticable any slowdowns.
Linux is faster in some places, maybe. But still with many issues like some applications not being drawn properly or just some applications not available (nice GUI for monitor control over ddc)
Same for Xorg. And Wayland, really. No idea how people get so many issues. Just change distro, or DE, in the end of the day, it doesn't take long. Small changes make small differences.
Another DE or distro will have other issues. Since my comment I found also that my current distro has a bug that removed support for DisplayLink in USB hubs (monitors connected over to hub without using USB alt-mode).
It was easy to fix, but issues like this prevent common folk of using Linux.
Linux is faster in some places, maybe. But still with many issues like some applications not being drawn properly or just some applications not available (nice GUI for monitor control over ddc)