I have been tinkering with Linux distributions for 18 months or so and have tried many, especially the lighter weight distros. Dream MMGL 2.2 is a very solid,stable distro even on an old p233 laptop with 128mb of memory. It is compatible with all the Debian etch packages that I have tried. The critics of the installer seem to be embracing the other alternatives while not giving the Dream way a chance. After you have figured it out, it is indeed very intuitive and resides on "ONE SCREEN". If you have your hard drive partitioned the way you want it, either before or with the provided gparted or cfdisk, it is very simple and quick to install. It has a very good although unique package list with an easy way to install nvidia and ATI drivers. It provides good hardware detection including wireless and requires little tweaking after the install. The configuration utility is well thought out and provides gui access to all major areas of configuration. My impression is that these guys do indeed know linux and I look forward to the stable release of 3.0 scheduled for later in March.