For a lot of people system administration is something someone else does a lot on a new install.
People do care about superficial differences. A windows user seeing a screenshot of my KDE desktop with an icon only task manager on the side and a small panel at the top said she could not use it because "everything is in the wrong place".
Most people want "the web" and "office" to start, and that is it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
