No, this is not Linux zealotry, I also advocate against using Linux as a daily driver on a modern laptop.
The right tool for the right job: OpenWRT on routers, Windows + WSL on laptops.
But, you are asking, how do you use your Windows laptop like this when away from home?
Easy: GL.iNet has tiny travel routers with OpenWRT supported out of the box.
If it works just as well and floats my boat, why change to windows?
I'm sure there are plenty of people that never have a problem with Windows and that can't get Linux to work on their hardware but I'd be careful to generalize from personal experience.
It supports modified OpenWRT with proprietary drivers, which are closed source. Still better than completely black-box travel routers but /shrug.
From https://github.com/gl-inet/glbuilder:
> Since the driver part uses the driver code maintained by many chip manufacturers, we have no right to open it to users. We have tried to provide it to users in the form of ko, but we will always encounter many strange problems.
Why would you do that?