Completely unnecessary on Windows since it is an operating system, not a kludge of random source code from the internet.
> I mean, flatpak, appimage, docker, etc ...
Which of those is ubiquitous enough to ensure availability of what you're looking for in that format? In my experience: none of them. AppImage is easily the best, but the community seems to hate it because it makes things too flexible and simple or something.
Where, pray tell, do people who write the software for this "operating system" store their source code if not somewhere that is connected to the internet? Do they use punch cards?
> Which of those is ubiquitous enough to ensure availability of what you're looking for in that format?
Have not met someone who hates AppImage. flatpak is also rather ubiquitous. I use both every day.
Talk to Drew DeVault, to name one.
Way simpler to do on Linux than M$ Windows.
> [no way to ] to directly distribute binaries without a gigantic fucking headache.
I mean, flatpak, appimage, docker, etc ...