In defense of Debian only

actually, I don't think that Ubuntu does 64 bit right according to what debian says should be
done (the entire multilib mess)

as for them being behind other distros, so what. you say that other distros did it right for
_years_ before ubuntu got it right, well, those other distros also took years to get it right,
ubuntu hasn't been around that long.


I would actually be as annoyed by lesspipe being the default for less as you are by the search
for missing commands. 

overall your list strikes me more as you considering your personal prefrences (and things taht
you are used to from other distros) as being the one and only way of doing things.

get out there are use more distros, use other versions of unix, learn that they all have
differences and that there is no 'one true way' that everyone agrees is best.