For me it's the easy of keeping up to date with the latest-and-greatest versions of packages too (NodeJS, GCC, CMake, etc.). The latest Ubuntu/Debian typically gives you TWO YEAR OLD versions of common software. Upgrading packages on Ubuntu/Debian feels such cumbersome (add a PPA, compile yourself). It even feels easier to keep up to date on Windows...
The lack of layers of configuration is subjectively simpler and clearer for me. It rather read 'man someprogram.conf' and use 'vi' than try to understand how some other package generates its configuration file.
Yes, it's not as stable. Sometimes stuff breaks. I'd rather fix it now than later.
The lack of layers of configuration is subjectively simpler and clearer for me. It rather read 'man someprogram.conf' and use 'vi' than try to understand how some other package generates its configuration file.
Yes, it's not as stable. Sometimes stuff breaks. I'd rather fix it now than later.