I don't think this agrees with the parent post. Niche package managers and window managers are precisely the sort of thing that you need to fiddle for an hour t

I don't think this agrees with the parent post. Niche package managers and window managers are precisely the sort of thing that you need to fiddle for an hour to get the projector to work or install some software that isn't packaged. I do agree that the freedom of choice that you are mentioning is a great benefit of Linux and FOSS software in general, though.