"...It is a failure of the GNU project and of the free software movement that there is so much emphasis on monolithic distributions and binary package distributions. It is a failure of the GNU project and the free software movement that one so often encounters distros that offer to not install source trees and even offer to not install development environments. These developments systematically and by design deprive users of incentive to actually *exercise* their software freedom as individuals. These developments encourage a *de facto* (even if not licensing-based) ceding of software freedom to distribution projects like Debian or any of the commercial distros [...]