Yeah, the idea is widespread and not unique to the Unix world, but many apps are self-contained on Windows, whereas it is quite rare on Linux, AFAIK. Cascading

Yeah, the idea is widespread and not unique to the Unix world, but many apps are self-contained on Windows, whereas it is quite rare on Linux, AFAIK. Cascading dependencies are a really bad thing, containers were invented mostly to fix a bad design by adding a new layer... The simple fact that we need an installer is a sign that something is wrong.