As long as people realize that virtually all of these distributions are experimental, either as a testbed for ideas that may find their way into mainstream dist

As long as people realize that virtually all of these distributions are experimental, either as a testbed for ideas that may find their way into mainstream distribution or on a slow path to adoption to become mainstream, the diversity is a good thing. It removes the shackles of compatability that hold most operating systems back. Unfortunately, the developers of many of these experimental distributions don't seem to acknowledge that they are experimental distributions ...