Not Many Features in XP

I was reading Popular Mechanics for December, and I came across an interesting article called "Have It Your Way" (anyone who has PM, it's on page 121). This article lists some common programs that you might want to use on Windows to improve performance and functionality. Looking through the list, most of them are present in Linux my default. I'll list them all here.

• Virtual Desktop - Included in almost all desktop environments, not in Windows without an XP powertoy
• Indexed Music Files - Not exactly sure what they mean by this, but most Linux distros come with a program like amaroK or Rhythmbox that can index your music files.
• Whether - This, and so much more, can be added to the desktop with GDesklets (apt-get install gdesklets-data does it).
• Tabbed browsing - Included in just about every browser other than IE. PM directs users to get the MSN toolbar.
• Calendar - Included in Kmail and Evolution.
• FireFox - included in most distributions. The distros that don't include it will probably have another one like Mozilla or Konqueror.
• CPU Temperature - Covered in a GDesklet.
• Image Resizer - The GIMP does wonders here. Included in most distros. Windows users have to download Image Resizer.
• Alarm - Haven't looked into this much, but I assume there is a GDesklet that can do this.
• Stocks - Probably another GDesklet.
• News - aKregator works great. Included in most KDE distros (haven't looked into GNOME aggregators).
  
• Google search - Default engine in FireFox and Konqueror.

And when you think about it, Windows users have none of these by default. None! 8 out of the 12 conviences listed here are already included in Linux and the remaining 4 are covered by GDesklets, one install of one program.

How do Windows users get anything done...