ok, that's a matter of taste finally, for the one it's a tool, for the other an own small universe to discover. or both :)
but anyway there's not much to complain, debian comes in fact with nice pre-configurated packages and often you can choose to use a gui for config or not.
i prefer to understand first the config file entirely (well, nearly) before i use a gui for that.
oh, and i thought i saw a GPL sign on your lawn, mishap, sry :P