Exactly. If using Linux means getting stuck with apps that are horrifically slow and your battery life is awful, whereas just switching to Mac or Windows eliminates these problems, that's not going to make Linux a very attractive alternative.

Most languages have the option to compiling to JS, all I am suggesting is that electron be the framework that people target. Having language support is possible by extending that framework.

Transpiling just makes things more complicated. You have to know your own language, the target language and how all the idiosyncrasies are converted between the two. I delivers the worst of every world.