Playing catch up? Perhaps in the end user (which is what you are) desktop department. It was not initially designed as a desktop system, but as a server and networking OS. Of which its the best in the industry. Windows cant even get close to grabbing the market from it. Why? Because linux servers dominate and are the best solutions. Windows sucks balls there. You will find linux on your routers, servers, watches, cars, medical devices and anything that you require stability and security with. Complaining about the names of programs... well I have no answer to that.. its doff complaint. End of story.
Linux has only recently started heading into its desktop phase (by this I mean, it was only a half assed thought in the past), so expect great things in the near future.
Not everyone needs a system with training wheels on it. Some of us actually do more than edit pretty pictures or send the occasional email
Macs are intended for the training wheel kinda person, and if that works for you, fantastic! Keep to it. I have a macbook, its used more as a paper weight than anything else because my other laptop out performs it and does more. It is very useful to give to guests as a spare laptop when they visit though. Mac should thank its stars for FOSS, it uses enough of it 
(Yup, they use stuff developed by the Free open source community to enable their macs to work ).The reason why Macs are so niche and fail so bad in sales (when compared to PC sales), is because of the versatility of the PC. Its the reason Microsoft almost sunk Apple in the beginning.. and only their cute lil mp3 player was able to save the dying cow.
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