> There is no fussing around, it just simply works. Because they have huge teams maintaining API and ABI stability. On any Linux distribution worth its name y

> There is no fussing around, it just simply works. Because they have huge teams maintaining API and ABI stability. On any Linux distribution worth its name you can also use the software within seconds after installation. The teams are just smaller and their approach is more centralised and principled, but I never had a problem using, e.g., emacs after installing it. You need to fuss around with software from their parties. Simply because these third parties do not care enough about your Linux to make the installation work well. These same third parties also do not care much about how stuff is supposed to work under windows, they just drop their binaries and assume that the windows ABI will somehow keep working.