Why does it matter what distro you're running on? You shouldn't be relying on anything outside of the tarball you ship, besides maybe glibc. Is there anything w

Why does it matter what distro you're running on? You shouldn't be relying on anything outside of the tarball you ship, besides maybe glibc. Is there anything which can't be made to run from a self contained directory? I'm sure Docker's great if you want to guarantee that the thing inside can't access the host system, using all kinds of kernel mechanisms, but that's generally the opposite of what you want for application software. The main advantage of Docker for application distribution that I see is that it's lazy. You don't have to worry about keeping track of what's required, you don't have to fiddle with paths, you just hack until something works and then ship it. That's fine if you prioritize your time over your user's time.