Just curious does anyone actually care about what distro people use or more just a meme?

Atypical rabies I would say would be pretty close. Good thing rabies is pretty rare.

As long as sales and profits remain high they have no incentive to bring prices down to a realistic and reasonable level.

I wonder how handicapped it is

There has been several episodes that talk about how poor the quality the food and drink are. Plus Starfleet replicators cannot make alcohol.

Zero and zero 2 have decent stock anymore.