@alyx @nyanide
>Windows keeping it somewhat simple is a big benefit for the average users I talk about.
That's mostly a end-user abstraction. Creating a Windows installer package is one of the worst experiences someone can have in developing software. Much much worse than what Linux has to offer in terms of rpm or even dpkg. Pure horror.

>the rest...
I agree with most. Packaging software for multiple distros is insane especially since you have to support like 4 version of Ubuntu, 3 Fedora versions, 2 openSUSE versions. Most of those issues could be eliminated by throwing away point release distros for desktops though. They serve little to no purpose anyway.