Most servers around the world run Linux. The same goes for almost all supercomputers. That’s astonishing in a capitalist world where absolutely everything is commodified. Why can’t these big tech companies manage to sell their own software to server operators or supercomputers? Why is an open, free project that is free for users so superior here?
In Linux’ defense, Python’s mess is its own problem.
apt was mentioned, so this might actually be Debian’s problem. Python doesn’t support being installed without its standard library, but (unless they’ve decided to stop being dumb since I last checked) Debian’s python package only contains part of the standard library, and the rest is split into other optional packages. If you find software that says its only dependency is python, on Debian-derived distros, it might not work without installing extra packages, and if the software’s maintainer doesn’t use Debian and know about this, then their installation instructions won’t cover it.
Ahhh that would actually explain a few issues I’ve had trying to use Python based automation tools on Proxmox. lol Weird packages missing…
That is a peculiar way to shoot themselves in the foot.
Downstream packagers are under no obligation not to do dumb things that break things for users and make the users blame the upstream developers.