I'm a habitual Linux user, and I've used MacOS at work for 4 years. Previously, I've had to use Industry Standard Windows of course. I know what I'm talking about.
I have trouble with these articles because I just don't have those experiences. I find myself handicapped when cut-n-paste is the main interprocess communication, and when I look up how to do something, the description includes hotkeys and/or menus and buttons that don't exist when I try it. I fear the day when I "bing" for how to do something and the instructions include vague "flat design" tapping magic pixels or swiping on ill-defined areas of the screen.