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On Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 3:46:48 AM UTC-5, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2020-03-19 07:07, ldries46 wrote:
> 
> > As a newcomer in the Linux world I can feel what he means. But I just 
> > think that it is not so much the problem of the desktops themselve but 
> > of the lack of standardized installation procedures. There should be 
> > some installation programs as there are in windows, these programs 
> > should be independent of the type of desktop you are using. And of 
> > course they should be complete.
> 
> Well, it is rather exactly the opposite. Windows has no standardized 
> installation procedure and rules, at all.

Wrong!  There are a plethora of extraordinarily strict rules that an app (either desktop or UWP) must obey to be admitted into the 1 official app distribution infrastructure:  Microsoft Store.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/store-policies-and-code-of-conduct

Even if an x86/x64-only desktop app seeks to distribute through the Microsoft Store and forego ARM, Hololens, and Xbox deployments:
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bridges/desktop