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Windows 11 scores dead last in gaming performance tests against 3 Linux gaming distros (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

If it has kernel level access and can run arbitrary code, that's a rootkit.

It's absolutely valid to call these systems rootkits.