> But how do you explain the need for a "whole system" just to run one application? Well you see, Linux culture doesn't really consider the concept of "system"

> But how do you explain the need for a "whole system" just to run one application? Well you see, Linux culture doesn't really consider the concept of "system" and "application" to be independent. Everything has to be built to work together or the whole thing catches fire and explodes. Consequently, its easier to build entirely different systems for every single application and package them all up together than it is to try and get them to work on the same system. Weirdly, they seem to think this is a good thing.