Except, before, it didn't work very well. Too many crucial closed source bits to build a new O/S from scratch, and too much hassle for the average non-developer to re-compile every little obscure program that people want to try under the standard operating system. Every new application compiled for the N8x0 is a big announcement.

Now, we can simply run any application compiled by the Debian team, under PenguinBait's KDE. They've compiled the huge majority of applications in the vast Debian repositories, and the percentage is going steadily up.

(PS: I posted this in Epiphany Webkit)