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I know Linux can't do that as well, I just don't get WHY. It descends from an OS that was literally designed from the ground up for managing shared resources accessed from multiple clients.
That's exactly why. You can manage users no problem. Multiple machines was never the paradigm.
90% of the current development effort (containers, virtualization) is about copying the working machine and giving it a nice safe space to run in, where no outside forces can reach in and disturb its peace.