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Most people just use a package manager the vast vast majority of time. People don’t typically compile from source or figure out different file types.
I did have to compile Wifi dongle driver, since I moved and didn't have cable in my work room. That was annoying as hell.
At first I thought I missed a driver in kernel compilation, but then my SO had the same issue in Mint. Luckily I was prepared.
But yeah, I have more sanity with Gentoo than I ever did with Windows. The other commenter probably hasn't used Linux or something.
Makes me wonder what the heck it is that is not what you want/need 50% of the time. Must be a pretty peculiar set of software.
Well, it all comes down to distro when it comes to package selections and availability.
I can say though that in the last year or so I have found 100% of the software I needed in the repositories and that includes at least a dozen proprietary applications ( including some that require registration and / or licensing such as Burp Suite Pro and JetBrains Rider ).
Everything I have installed came to me in the same package format ( or was automatically converted to it by the package management tooling - all the same to me ). A single command updates everything.
That is without resorting to Flatpak which I am sure provides a pretty good selection to other distros as well ( at the cost of a second package format ).