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Specification

This is a basic Specification of the things that a real Linux distribution really needs to get right:

1. install once vs OS versions
2. optional GUI / Plymouth problem
3. package management problems & dependency hell
4. infrastructure thinking - sooner or later people have more than one machine and they have to play nice with each other
5. distributed bandwidth - having everyone downloading from the primary site doesn't always make sense
6. local vs networked downloads - Cygwin can separately download packages to a shared drive and install from that drive, so why can't Linux distros
7. non-systematic mistakes - if you make a change with consequences, let them ripple through
8. root vs user install
9. free vs non-free
10. laptops vs desktops
11. non-us core
12. no mandatory lvm
13. update vs generate
14. support services
15. proper security model
16. add security, update tools
17. affiliate program?
18. user friendly / just works
19. backup vs Versioning - any file which changes infrequently should be backed up, everything else should be versioned