Opening the console and seeing rollback net-code pretty much says enough. Also the game itself feels great to play even with 160ms ping which is only really possible when using architecture similar to overwatch.
if I am not doing dev work, and mostly working around web applications in the day (e.g. notion, linear, etc) - i don't want to go to open the terminal and switch focus to a different application
I don't know what brings me more happiness in this career. Building systems with no political constraints, or building something that's functional with severe restraints.
usually video game servers, need a like-for-like copy of the engine for sync purposes and to make sure the clients aren't lying about physics calculations. up until recently there hasn't been an incentive for game developers to use/work on linux support - so game servers use good old windows.