Because it is. When using OpenSuse, I still had to go looking for packages that weren't in the official repos. > plus PPAs in the form of other OBS repositorie

Because it is. When using OpenSuse, I still had to go looking for packages that weren't in the official repos. > plus PPAs in the form of other OBS repositories if you really need them, but you almost certainly don't This is extremely presumptive and wrong. I find it very frustrating that any issues with these official repos is dismissed as "oh but you don't need extra PPAs ever". My guy, yes, I do. It happens way too often and it's very frustrating when it does, because the options for handling it in non-Arch based distros are completely insufficient and terrible. But then again, what do I expect. Any complaints about Linux are pretty much always dismissed out of hand. I actually prefer using Windows because Windows users generally aren't such arrogant pricks when there are issues.