i recently had the idea of this:
we could take a little real good free software for windows, and modify them that they better work together and give them a standarized look and feel.
the whole thing is called "Free win32 Software Distribution Project" or just "FreeWSD"
than we only need a package manager that updates the system and get optimized builds.
it schuld be installable on Windows and later also on ROS
so ROS also would become more popular
i mean today i use a quarter of my time for seeking updates, and eyery time i reinstall Windows, i must install this, and this, and this. short: it sucks.

here is the actual homepage: http://reactos.com/wiki/index.php/Free_ ... on_Project
what do you think?