Because this way you're only irritated once, instead of being irritated every single time you turned the dang thing on for the last six months. - RepoRat

And if you choose a Debian-based distro, be sure to choose something light(er) like Xfce or LXDE for the desktop environment. - Julian

I proposed Ninite Updater to someone else some days ago. Just login and let the magic begin. Wondering if there's still something like that app that was downloading Windows Updates off an alternate server and in silently made batches. - Zu from AOD

(Haha, funny Slippy as I just learned last week what an interloper was) Then I go with Xfce as well, on Source Mage so you can cast spells and browse after you compiled Firefox first, then the OS in a different terminal. - Zu from AOD