Yes, on Linux (both KDE and Gnome), the typical menu arrangement was to group applications by category. So if you want a photo-editing program or a drawing pro

Yes, on Linux (both KDE and Gnome), the typical menu arrangement was to group applications by category. So if you want a photo-editing program or a drawing program, you'd open up the applications menu and look for "Graphics", which makes sense. On Windows, you just have to know which applications are already installed, and then you open the application menu and look for "Adobe" or "Corel" or whatever vendors make the software you're hoping to find there. One of these is much more "discoverable" than the other.