People don't use 'Linux', they use a particular Linux Distro which does tend to provide the standardisation described (more so for some, less for others). The

People don't use 'Linux', they use a particular Linux Distro which does tend to provide the standardisation described (more so for some, less for others). The fact that Linux-in-general is a roiling maelstrom is irrelevant to a user using a particular distro. It is relevant to developers and/or packagers though.