I understand your position, and I struggle with this a lot myself. That said, this is one of the drawbacks of freedom and choice. There are so many different d

I understand your position, and I struggle with this a lot myself. That said, this is one of the drawbacks of freedom and choice. There are so many different distributions, each one with their own quirks, that creates a massive support burden for developers. Should developers focus on developing their software, or focus on supporting their software on as wide a range of platforms as possible? Docker in particular helps solve this particular problem. I agree it's not ideal. The best thing you can do is contribute directly if your platform of choice doesn't have explicit instructions. If that's out of scope for your own skill set, and you don't have the time or inclination to learn on your own, then I'd recommend learning docker instead. It's not terrible.