Because Ubuntu is the most widely supported distro out there. If someone releases a program for Linux odds are that there is a .deb or some installer that has b

Because Ubuntu is the most widely supported distro out there. If someone releases a program for Linux odds are that there is a .deb or some installer that has been tested with an LTS Ubuntu release. My days of being willing to google around for "how do I install program X version A in distro Y version Z" to install an MP3 player or whatever are long over.