I had read about it a few years back, the theory that states that human evolution, the big leap in evolution that turned neanderthals into homo-sapiens was actually a Virus that nearly wiped out all of the Neanderthals and only the ones able to adapt to the virus (mutate) survived (that being us of course) This 8% could be the evidence that the scientific community have been searching for, can you imagine, the missing-link not found in fossil records but actually in our DNA? A similar theory exists regarding A.I. reaching a cognitive state, but that is a horse of a different color altogether.

Different GNU/Linux distros are indeed born with a specific target audience in mind, not to mention the existence of specialized spin-offs that are intended not only for a specific audience but are also intended for very specific tasks. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that not all distros are made with the same philosophy behind them, some are Free Software and some are Open Source Software and some are something entirely different. A distro that caters to a noob would indeed be a good thing, in fact it would be great if there could be a distro that changed along with the learning of the user, just imagine: it starts out as a noobie playground, then in a few months it becomes a tool for a user, then a few more months later it becomes a power user's tool-kit and finally evolves to a sysadmin's power-tool The best part of different distros for different users is the fact that we can pick and choose, we have the freedom to do so. At home I use 3 different distros that I like for very different reasons: I use Debian as an all purpose desktop because it is rich and robust, I use FreeBSD as a production server because it is lite, stable and secure & I use gNewSense because I like the smell of freedom.