It was in all likelihood lagging because of Windows Update. The only way I would use Windows at this point is if it was Windows 10 LTSC with updates disabled or in an offline environment.

I’ve even gone through the frustrating task of setting up wine bottles to hold windows-only softwares such as Clip Studio Paint and Autodesk softwares.

Fun fact, ever since I switched to linux I’ve never had a system crash, unlike on Windows were every few days nVidia video or audio control would cause a BSOD. I’m actually convinced they make buggy and crashing drivers intentionally in order to push people off the 20 and 30 series cards, if somebody can prove it then it’ll be a multimillion dollar class action.