I think this is a little unfair. You've pointed out that you can't even find the dialog for changing the title bar colour (it's right in there under Customise in the Appearance control). Yet you feel well placed to hound the add/remove software tools.

One of the differences of Foresight is the Conary package management, which you comment nothing about other than slating the simple user interface.

There is also no mention of the updates in Gnome 2.22.0 (which you make no mention of). These are also highlights over and above Ubuntu, PCLOS (have you checked the Gnome version - it's very poor).

You make no mention of the new tar-based install method on the DVD. It installs in 10 minutes or under, which is unheard of imho.

Please at least do some background research before trying to write an objective review. Or if you don't do that, make some suggestions to the Foresight team to improve the distribution.

Codecs are an issue I agree, but as you pointed out - if you read the instructions it's all there for you. In fact Foresight's manual is a huge bonus. It's well written and a very good starter document for newbies coming from the Windows world.

Part of the Foresight philosophy is to offer bleeding edge applications and interfaces in a reasonably stable distribution.

You have missed the point by making blind assumptions about the team's goal. Please go and sit in the corner and have a long hard think.