Maybe it just works fine in terms of hardware compatibility, but there are lots of background stuff like CompatTelRunner and WaasMedic that ruins interactivity

Maybe it just works fine in terms of hardware compatibility, but there are lots of background stuff like CompatTelRunner and WaasMedic that ruins interactivity by using up all disk IO at most inconvenient times. I haven't observed things like that on Linux. Perhaps the fundamental difference is that Windows is more compatible because it enables more things by default (that are difficult to turn off), whereas Linux is more efficient because it has less bloat by default (but is difficult to enable what you need).