I get your point but other OS have similar tools. OSX has the standard sort. Windows has a sort as well. Python on either will give you a easy way to script som

I get your point but other OS have similar tools. OSX has the standard sort. Windows has a sort as well. Python on either will give you a easy way to script some automation. You mentioned images and specifically cropping, Photoshop has had batch processing and actions for 20 years and it can crop/convert/etc folders of files. Actions can do incredible stuff, arguably much more that some imagemagick scripts. It's also had JavaScript scripting built in since CS1 (2006?) if you want to get really crazy including letting you build GUIs for artists if you make something truly useful. If you can't see why people prefer Windows/OSX I think you probably just don't use the same apps. There are no true replacements for many professional apps on Windows/OSX especially in the image/video/music/audio fields. There are apps and they superficially look like they cover the same areas but in actual use they are way behind in features and usability. I use all 3 OSes. Each has their advantages.