See and I'm not sure I agree there. Giving users the control they are accustomed to in an easy interface.. while retaining the capability of more advanced control is what I like.

Microsoft and Apple want to restrict you from even having the option to be advanced. I don't mind putting a pretty GUI on Linux and retaining the more advanced stuff under the hood.. in fact I think that's the only way it will appeal to users.

The problem is that users like to click things. Especially things that say "Do not click". It's like having sex as a teenager when everyone says not to in places that are inappropriate. It's not really about the sex... it's about being "naughty" .

By giving an easily installable "Install from File" a larger number of users wind up with full ROOTFS. Almost no Debian-based system uses /opt for it's files. So unless the deb file was specifically designed for Maemo - then they are dumping the entire deb onto their rootfs.. and yet your typical user has no idea what Opt is, why it's there.. what the purpose of it is..

But.. they have a little button that says "Install from file" and a WHOLLE debian repository telling them "Hey.. these are for armel! Armel is the same thing my maemo ones are for!" *clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick*.

ETA: I thought I said I was done with this discussion.. man I need to stop reading threads....