One of the reasons I switched to Ubuntu was the fact that they streamlined third party packages in a way that integrated them into the update stream through the

One of the reasons I switched to Ubuntu was the fact that they streamlined third party packages in a way that integrated them into the update stream through the PPA system. The fact that I can get an up-to-date version of Wine, for example, and be notified when there's a new version, is fantastic and easily beats chasing down installers from vendors themselves, or having each of them run their own updater.