> The very things that make Linux powerful and controllable like shared library all over the place, package managers, and more make it more fragile and time con

> The very things that make Linux powerful and controllable like shared library all over the place, package managers, and more make it more fragile and time consuming to administer. How is apt update apt upgrade to make ones whole system is up-to-date fragile or cumbersome? Upgrading to a whole new major version means basically the same, just change repository sources and use apt full-upgrade, one can even continue to work while that's happening - try that on windows.. > did feel like I was in control up until distro maintainers decide things for me and my only choice is to beg and plead and be told to fork it if I disagreed. Assuming that begging and pleading actually happened for a legitimate reason (sometimes some maintainers can indeed be a bit of an arse, iow., humans are humans); how does that compare to Windows/Microsoft where you cannot even get close to anybody of the team to voice your needs or complaints, at least if you're not friend with one by accident (and seemingly even working there may not even give you the chance)? IMO that complaint really reads like "it's not 100% perfect, so it's way worse than on the other side, where I cannot even do the same, nor have _any_ power over my system, at all". I'm still just baffled about the different standards that Windows and Linux is held up against.