pch.shot wrote:I like Debian very much. Their community, philosophy etc. However, With Debian a more advanced knowledge of Linux is a must (depenency resolve for one). I don't think the average user wants to spend the extra time to learn. I still get packages from Debian's site and this one: http://debian-multimedia.org/
You can get the latest and greatest stuff from them by using the experimental packages!!!
Getdeb(http://www.getdeb.net/) is also a good source of newer packages.
Ideally, we build our own OS. We start with a kernel and work from there.
I get the distinct impression that TheeMahn has plans to change part of this.
By fine tuning Ultamatix the newer debian user won't be thrown into dependency hell, but will have a nice GUI to quickly & easily install their packages and dependencies.
We all know, by making one more distro a lot more user friendly, the whole Linux community is better for it and grows. Who knows, in the near future we may have a rolling release. Yes Ultamatix could do that for many distros.