It seems to me you live in some kind of fantasy land where people have unlimited time for installing new tools to make sure they have the perfect one for every situation. This is not the case, which is why the *nix folks love to just install our infinitely extendable swiss army knife chassis and go get the precise tools we need. DIY distributions supply you an environment in which to employ whichever tool you deem correct in a given moment, it’s a tool box in a garage, a place to keep tools, not a tool itself.

My initial impression was that you were implying that for general computing there was an option better than nix that may meet my needs, but you’ve responded in a way that tells me that no, nix has been and will continue to be the best general purpose computing environment for my needs.

Before saying that we are limited, you should look at the priorities that have led us to make our choices.

While you see a limited toolset, I see exactly the tools I need, with nothing I don’t. No strings attached, and costs only my time.