Up to now, the EGS has been making "calls to our back-end services to refresh every time you click around," explained Allison ...
Linux isn't ready for primetime on some laptops ...
Moving from Windows to Linux doesn't require much of a learning curve and brings some real benefits, but you need to accept a few compromises.
SteamOS now runs 1440p games at 60fps on many AMD PCs, plus native support for DualSense and Xbox pads for easy setup.