As a frequent user of arch linux and not so frequent user of windows I think this might come from the lazy loading of .net for all the apps. Excel might be the

As a frequent user of arch linux and not so frequent user of windows I think this might come from the lazy loading of .net for all the apps. Excel might be the worst here, but that is an UX problem. When you open it, it will first have you make it editable, then you need to allow connections, and finally if you want to mess around with something like powerquery it will lazy load .net each time before the UI is showing. It really depends on the type of applications you use though. I have frequently wondered why .net is just not preloaded somewhere on system launch and kept in memory. At least that is how it feels to me not being familiar with the .net technicals.