Then again we're a couple of years off "step 1: install powershell on your Ubuntu box" so the Linux guys don't get the last laugh.
Platform creep is nasty. Trying not to knacker my macOS desktop at the moment by installing brew on it and doing the same.
Though you could install powershell on Ubuntu if you wanted: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/instal...
Why? Why not just consider the kernel, the rest of the OS core, the userland and the GUI completely distinct products?
GNU seems the best userland to the date (because BSD is more antique and Windows had rudimentary until recently). The new Windows userland (PowerShell and .Net Core) are growing awesome. Both are OS-independent, as well as BSD. Why even associate them with a particular OS? How choosing a userland differs from choosing a programming language?
Something GNU manages to screw up pretty well.
You probably are ok with competing vendors offering alternative apps solving same tasks on the same OS. You hardly believe everybody should use the same OS-specific programming language. Why should there be the same kernel+userland combination for everyone?
All the native tools I need are available from the package manager on a Linux distribution which is far easier to reproduce therefore I prefer to do that there.
Also honestly I rather like the native BSD stuff. It’s very complete.