Years ago I would have agreed with you.
Unix was always more complicated and fragmented in it's initialization than AmigaOS, DOS or MAC.
However now, once you get to know where things are (or are likely to be), Unix is a lot easier to deal with than Windows.
In Windows you have this vast monolithic thing called the registry which makes 'the matrix' look simple - maybe it IS the matrix - ####! I'm starting to sound like Tim Rue! :-D
Humm - I like the startup-sequence but in the modern day I think we need more scripts to make it more intuitive.