There are already far too many distros (and DEs) out there. Working with the commons would be a far better approach. Once you start getting into specific hardw

There are already far too many distros (and DEs) out there. Working with the commons would be a far better approach. Once you start getting into specific hardware optimizations you are basically throwing up your hands on the interoperable approach that is a strength of Linux. There is no reason why those changes can't be upstreamed.