Of course it's still possible that on my particular configuration it's actually Windows doing something dumb that makes grub.conf changes necessary. However, it's (1) well documented for years, (2) an issue that the Linux (distro) installer creates, and (3) an issue that still gets recreated on every update that mysteriously reverts my grub.conf changes, so Windows gets the benefit of the doubt and Linux doesn't.
That's been my experience in general with desktop Linux: I have never experienced a Linux distro where I didn't have to get into the weeds to fix up a clean install, even when Linux is the only OS on the system.
Of course it's still possible that on my particular configuration it's actually Windows doing something dumb that makes grub.conf changes necessary. However, it's (1) well documented for years, (2) an issue that the Linux (distro) installer creates, and (3) an issue that still gets recreated on every update that mysteriously reverts my grub.conf changes, so Windows gets the benefit of the doubt and Linux doesn't.
That's been my experience in general with desktop Linux: I have never experienced a Linux distro where I didn't have to get into the weeds to fix up a clean install, even when Linux is the only OS on the system.