Since when has Debian been positioned as the distro for the general public? It is up to Debian derivatives like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc. to make things simpler for the average user. It is the distros like these that will be judged by the public whether Linux is ready for the mainstream, not Debian.

Does anyone know why Dell would want to set the 1GB RAM limit? 4GB I can understand, but 1GB?

And it really happened to me. My buddy had to blurt it out before I had a chance to catch the movie.

Google suggests that you create a few empty documents when you are online. It may seem clumsy, but it's not impossible.