> Want to serve web applications? Here’s a server distro. Want to work on penetration testing? Here’s a distro. Want to develop embedded systems? Another Distro. Creative arts? Distro again.
The distro you're looking for is Debian, and, if you exclude embedded, any up-to-date popular distro.
> It seems like I should be able to install Ubuntu desktop distro with a KDE desktop package selected from the repo, then select all these creative apps and bingo - I’ve got Ubuntu Studio.
Install the Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Xubuntu etc metapackages and you'll have what you want. This is a non-issue.
Linux is only a single entity at the kernel-level. You're getting mad at the diverse community that consumes the kernel for not acting in unison.
Specialized distros are for people who have a specific use-case they want support for out of the box, without having to configure certain subsystems from scratch to solve their particular problem.
The number of distros is an artifact of free licensing/copyright and people working on their problems and collaborating only when solutions to those problems overlap.
The distro you're looking for is Debian, and, if you exclude embedded, any up-to-date popular distro.
> It seems like I should be able to install Ubuntu desktop distro with a KDE desktop package selected from the repo, then select all these creative apps and bingo - I’ve got Ubuntu Studio.
Install the Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Xubuntu etc metapackages and you'll have what you want. This is a non-issue.
Linux is only a single entity at the kernel-level. You're getting mad at the diverse community that consumes the kernel for not acting in unison.
Specialized distros are for people who have a specific use-case they want support for out of the box, without having to configure certain subsystems from scratch to solve their particular problem.
The number of distros is an artifact of free licensing/copyright and people working on their problems and collaborating only when solutions to those problems overlap.