It's true, the rather ludicrous number of distros out there causes many issues for people used to more homogeneous OSs. Probably the worst thing about it is th

It's true, the rather ludicrous number of distros out there causes many issues for people used to more homogeneous OSs. Probably the worst thing about it is that any time you have a problem someone will tell you that you chose the wrong distro and you'll be pushed to switch to another one, where you will of course encounter a different problem and repeat the cycle. Personally I think the proliferation of distros is itself a symptom of a greater problem with the Linux Desktop software ecosystem. If there were more stable ABIs, no such thing as library conflicts, less interaction complexity, etc. then one could mix and match software to fit their needs with little effort and a distro would be unnecessary.