[ Thanks to machiner for this link.
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“Since Linux is so customizable by you, the makers of
the distribution that you favor can not possibly consider and
include all of the necessary software that you’ll need to install
any other software that you might find and want. Windows doesn’t do
it either, this is why so much software screws up your Windows
system — because those folks making their software for Windows
include everything necessary for you to double-click and have the
program install as promised. The versions of necessary dependancies
that they include might not be so wonderful to introduce to your
Windows box. Sometimes dependancies that accompany a piece or
software for Windows will overwrite the already existing version on
the system. This is typically bad. However, the most important
system libraries and the like on a Windows box are protected from
being overwritten. This doesn’t happen on your Linux
machine.”
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