Aeon Desktop is an exciting new take on Desktop Linux, aiming to provide a fully functioning Desktop OS without the need for hands on management, tinkering, or any of the other distractions that come with 'traditional' Linux desktops.

However, getting this exciting new take into a quality that can be considered "Released" is taking it's sweet time, with Aeon now beginning it's 3rd year of being in a "Release Candidate" Stage.

This talk will share tales of that journey, exploring how distribution projects can start with relatively simple, tightly defined goals, and yet still find themselves challenged to adapt as technologies shift around them.

It will also discuss how the influence of existing distributions can both help and hinder new distributions and challenge the audience to perhaps reevaluate how they interact with distribution projects as a result.

Finally, it will question what does "Release Quality" mean really in the context of community distributions and end with an open discussion for the audience to share their expectations and opinions as to when a community-driven distribution can consider itself 'Ready' vs 'In Development'