But >99% of Windows software does not do this.
A programmer can spread libraries in many places in linux, same as other operating systems. In the 90’s , there were guides ( by MS ) for programming for Windows ( 3.1 and up, NT & etc ) that clearly stated what should go into Program Files, Common Files , \windows\system , etc. But programmers didn´t follow conventions.
As for .INI files, they worked better than the registry for some cases. One could move the software from one machine/installation to another without losing configurations. Also with the registry.
But all options have their problems. No OS is perfect, more so when you try to adapt it to different ways people want/like to use it.
Only one point that is not nice : if linux is not meant for the desktop user, so please stop telling people who complain about some windows thing to “you should switch to linux”. No, you shouldn´t. It is like a Jedi thing : one needs to find it by themselves. If you tell people to do it, they will find problems and struggle with , because they are not ready or because that was not the solution they needed.
I love Haiku/BeOS and I love Linux, so I themed my Ubuntu to look like old BeOS. 
I also have Ubuntu to mimic MacOS look to get some WTF moments from my friends. 
Best thing to confuse them is Amiga OS 3.x looking theme in my Ubuntu, when they see it, they don’t even want to use my computer. 
And evil windows, there is also that damn win10 because some damn apps…
Sadly I don’t have good hardware for Haiku right now so it only lives in VM…
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Well, that’s a weird statement. Haiku doesn’t necessarily need “good hardware”. Try it in an old notebook designed to barely run… Window$ XP. You will be surprised how snappy it is, even on hardware that fall into the “e-waste” category.
Ubuntu though…
By good hardware for Haiku, they probably mean hardware with good haiku compatibility.
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Exactly that.
i’m a brand new haiku user, less than a week into my journey with this wonderful OS. my workstation at home (and many other computers besides) run linux, and i consider myself a massive fan of it. but haiku manages to match - or exceed - the agility and speed of the fastest linux distributions i’ve tried, while shipping a desktop experience with the same level of cohesive quality as the best linux projects.
others have talked about how linux can feel cobbled together, with many different utilities for different use cases. the choice linux gives you is wonderful in its own way, i’d say. but haiku feels efficient, focused: like it’s meant for one thing, and it does that thing very well. this simplicity is refreshing, and feels uniquely haiku.
i love haiku, and find myself coming back to it over and over - even though i’m running it on a horrible little 32-bit piece of e-waste that’d crawl to a standstill on almost any other desktop OS today, assuming it could even boot them. in fact, i’m making this very post from said e-waste, and i can’t believe how nimble it feels!
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There a lot of reasons why I love Haiku project but, seeing nowadays trend, I would say that is because it’s made by human beings that are actually using it.
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That’s an interesting point… I also prefer OpenBSD, which is developed by the devs that use it themselves…but still use Linux as my main O/S.
Because its offers some alternative to windows and Linux and i accidentally, installed it on my main desktop and all of my usb sticks are all toast so now i gotta work with it for a while 
I find the Haiku tree the cleanest and easiest to understand in the computing world.
/boot thats my boot drive.
Inside /boot I have a ‘home’ folder and a ‘system’ folder.
‘home’ is my stuff, ‘system’ is the operating system stuff.
Super clean and simple.
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It’s supposed to be a more efficient file system where there’s literally no need for hidden files. Too from my understanding
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That should be our motto
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Well, I’m quite the opposite - I’m getting annoyed from beige and grey so much .. I was happy when I found Theme Manager and could change the default colors in many aspects with one select - selecting “Citrus” theme.
I admit the Haiku default is good enough, but what I missed from XP era, was the colours.
I cannot tell anything good from Win9.x look and feel, as that was ugly for me, however there you could adjust all stuff so, as in case your wrong taste it let you select the worst look - respect to all who had good taste and moderation.