Can someone explain to me like I'm five why Linux hasn't figured it out the way applications should be packed to be easily installed?

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  • snapcraft

    Package, distribute, and update any app for Linux and IoT.

    Snap mostly installed through terminal

  • flatpak

    Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework

    Flatpak same as snap but different

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  • AppImageKit

    Package desktop applications as AppImages that run on common Linux-based operating systems, such as RHEL, CentOS, openSUSE, SLED, Ubuntu, Fedora, debian and derivatives. Join #AppImage on irc.libera.chat

    AppImage closest to MacOS dmg files

  • lossless-cut

    The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing

    Only 1, lossless-cut

  • silverblue-site

    website for Fedora Silverblue

    Silverblue

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