Maybe now you 'generic' Linux guys understand how exactly f*ed up all of our different distributions are. Windows and Mac are pretty easy to write compatible software for and pretty easy to say "your crap's too old, get a newer version". With Linux there is always going some slobbering neckbeard having a hissy fit on a forum about how their byzantine compiled from ancient sources version of Slackware doesn't work.

With Linux you do get the freedom to do what you want, but it also comes with the freedom of doing it yourself.