That's interesting that they try to emulate Windows because with every Linux distro I've tried, the first thing that bugs me, that I miss from Windows, is the desktop - the feel of how the mouse grabs things, being able to press the Start button on my keyboard and just start typing, all the file explorer keyboard shortcuts, the right-click menus, everything. Every couple years I google what's the best Linux distro for Windows user - Zorin, Mint, Ununtu, etc. I've tried them and nope, not even close. And whenever I try to explain what's missing to Linux users, they talk about how configurable it is, and how you can make Linux look and feel like and do ANYTHING, and when I look it up, the rabbit hole goes deeper and deeper and hours get spent just trying to figure out how to customize one thing, and it doesn't even work. I have limited time and am not the greatest at tedious details or the quickest study at these kinds of things, so Windows is where I stay. You mentioned C++... here's me when I hear C++, LoL!! 
