From Wikipedia[1]: > a distribution is most simply described as a particular assortment of applications installed on top of a set of libraries married with a v

From Wikipedia[1]: > a distribution is most simply described as a particular assortment of applications installed on top of a set of libraries married with a version of the kernel, such that its "out-of-the-box" capabilities meet most of the needs of its particular end-user base. It seems you're just making up random criteria that elementary OS doesn't meet so you can dismiss it for what it is: an operating system. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution