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Because of fragmentation linux will continue to stay behind😞 so many bugs and issues yet people still create their own solution instead of contributing to the existing one. Its like a curse..
Sure, but there's just enough mainline distros. You only really have choice if you're looking for it. And everybody else will ask someone to help and they'll most likely just install something of their choice/what they're familiar with, after considering the user's requirements.