[bitterblotter]

This is definitely a rant, albeit a derserved one.

I've never attempted to distribute software to Linux. The mere thought of all the distros and package managers always kill any intention I had to do so. That said, the future seems very bright

[S3kshun8]

There are a bunch of different ways it can be addressed. The biggest overarching problem is package managers, essentially. I think immutable distros will do us all a lot of good, but, really all that is needed is just for particular distributions to gain critical mass as has been happening with Arch over the last few years.

As far as actually shipping anything goes, it really is terrible for the user the most. Those are the people that end up getting hurt by not being able to navigate package management systems effectively, or break them, etc, and sometimes you might end up helping someone on a system with a package manager you've never used. let alone actually shipping something through one or any of them. But just because someone inside the Ubuntu or Fedora community might be willing to help by way of packaging one's application doesn't necessarily mean those roles existing is helpful in this era to begin with.