Lots of visual tools run under Linux, lots of C++ written for Linux.
But general Linux devs tend to be more self sufficient and need less hand holding. Unless they are doing Java, which is almost impossible to use effectively without an IDE.
In case it was not clear, my point was not entirely serious.
However I have to say that I have seen several appalled comments from Windows devs looking at using Linux on the theme of how awfully stone-aged the tools are.
Before the direct reply, I remember Judge Jackson. The ruling in the trial was quite hard hitting and many people were expecting something like the Bell System breakup. Likely three components, Operating Systems, Office, Dev Tools.
Back to working on Linux.
There's something to what you are saying. But it may partly be culture shock going from full IDEs to command line oriented projects.
I did some work with Visual Studio with C++ and liked it. Of course, the Windows API is so complicated you need as much help as you can get. Also a tiny bit of Visual Basic, which I found very quick to get things done with.
But general Linux devs tend to be more self sufficient and need less hand holding. Unless they are doing Java, which is almost impossible to use effectively without an IDE.