On linux you need the distribution to update its package before most people get it. That is just wrong! You end up with old versions of just about everything.

On linux you need the distribution to update its package before most people get it. That is just wrong! You end up with old versions of just about everything. Very old versions if you use some Debian relative. What's worse is that you force software to have "releases" even if it is just some commit arbitrarily designated as "version 2.2.2". Windows does it much better. The people who provide the software are responsible for updating. What Windows could use is a unified update checking mechanism so that every software didn't install their own service, or nag you at startup or while in use that there is a newer version. I even prefer the Windows method of installing but that is a little beyond this rant.