You seem to be very much out of date with the current state of Windows.
tabs in file browser
>built in for the last 2 years, tabs can be rearranged, moved between explorer windows, etc.
fast and modern terminal
>windows terminal (released 2019 and built in by default) is one of the best terminal apps on any platform. Tabs, GPU acceleration, fonts, seamless multishell support (including Linux shells local - WSL - or remote)
*maintained application repositories
> winget (released 2020 and built in by default) repository is now the backend of windows store and can maintain externally installed software, just run ‘winget upgrade —-all’ in your shell of choice
Also, you can now install any linux distro you want with a single click using WSL, with full x11 and Wayland support. If there’s a Linux app you prefer, you can use it seamlessly. You can even run a full desktop. I’d almost go as far as to say that nvidia hardware is supported better through WSL, where latest drivers “just work” and I’ve never experienced things breaking, than on baremetal Linux (although that says more about nvidia than any platform).
tabs in file browser >built in for the last 2 years, tabs can be rearranged, moved between explorer windows, etc.
fast and modern terminal >windows terminal (released 2019 and built in by default) is one of the best terminal apps on any platform. Tabs, GPU acceleration, fonts, seamless multishell support (including Linux shells local - WSL - or remote)
*maintained application repositories > winget (released 2020 and built in by default) repository is now the backend of windows store and can maintain externally installed software, just run ‘winget upgrade —-all’ in your shell of choice
Also, you can now install any linux distro you want with a single click using WSL, with full x11 and Wayland support. If there’s a Linux app you prefer, you can use it seamlessly. You can even run a full desktop. I’d almost go as far as to say that nvidia hardware is supported better through WSL, where latest drivers “just work” and I’ve never experienced things breaking, than on baremetal Linux (although that says more about nvidia than any platform).