Please read through the entire thread, or at least the first three pages to understand the reasons behind switching base. It seems some people still don't get why, and that's understandable if you are looking at it from the point of view of one user, being you.
but I don't think it would be that difficult to make a new package manager for Porteus that would have the same features (downloading packages and automatically converting to .xzm)
I can tell you have never tried to write a package manager. It involves more than you may think. Add to that the server side scripts that need to work in tandem with the client side package manager and you have quite a task. Now add 5 different repositories to the mix, sometimes using different file and path names. Don't forget dependency resolution while you are there.
Again, I'm not hating Nemesis, I just don't see the point of it.
That's fine. I understand that. I can't make people see from my point of view, so for the most part I have stopped trying. I couldn't see the point of automatic cars at first. Why change to something more expensive that does the work for me?
I agree. It is easier to fix a car than build a new one. Same can be said for a house, a road, a toilet, etc.
Again, you are looking at this from the view of a user, that doesn`t have to build (and maintain) said car, house, toilet. They just receive this new distro and start using it. From my point of view, I would rather build a new car while keeping the future in my mind, so that I never have to touch that car again. It will run forever without my minimal intervention. Wouldn't that be more favourable (from my point of view) than fixing that old car you spoke of, again, and again and then again when some broken part gets upgraded. Have you any idea at all of the amount of work involved? Believe me when I say that if you could invest the time to build something from the ground up, with the intention of minimizing workload in the future, you should do it. That applies to a house, car or toilet.
I couldn't care less about having the latest version of the kernel or whatever program.
Fair enough. You have the right to that mindset as a user. However I have seen again and again on this forum people coming with new hardware that doesn't work with two year old kernels and Xorg packages. There are currently at least three threads about this very problem. As maintainer I have to think about other people.
That's fine, let the majority use a major Linux release like Ubuntu. Or Arch if that fits their taste.
Hang on, isn't being a little one sided? Much like ignoring people who choose to boot into a root account? Where would ANY distro be if they said to the MAJORITY of users .... "F$*K you This works for me and thats all I care about. Go elsewhere."
In short, try just a little to think from a different point of view. I am thinking from a point of view of reconstructing something, designing a system with a single goal in mind. To minimize future maintenance so that I can sustain the workload for a prolonged period. Burning out is another option I guess.