This. No seriously, i don't get it either. It seems common btw. f.e. open webOS spackers tend to do the same. Or Arch people; for me Arch / Alarm turned out being the most broken distro that i discovered in recent years. Ok it's not quite mature yet because of the period of it's existence, but one can really expect to have seriously broken things every second upgrade. But there are oh so many Alphas for all kind of sticks / mini / plug-boards and media devices. (And systemd debacle - that turned away quite a few people; Gentoo seems to treat its users better, better as in "let's ask what people prefer and leave them their choice", not "it's solely our decision") I couldn't care less if something boots on a multitude of (mainstream and/or small batch) devices. I care about: - design decisions thought thru in full before being chiseled in stone - frameworks / integration / APIs being complete (especially media and communication frameworks) - no shortcuts taken (only subpart xy of spec implemented)) - no hacks that will bite you in future (Nokia?!) - everything tested thoroughly (dito) And what usefulness is an OS if it is available, open, and portable, if i have nothing diverse & professional to run on it? That will be the most important question. Until then, i will refrain from experiments. I can't stand hackjobs anymore, so things have to develop for them. Until then, i prefer to invest in my car.