Like many things, Mere Linux has a sort of personality. Various decisions have molded its shape, its structure, its feel. Simplicity was already mentioned in the Direction post. Here are a couple more. No Systemd Mere Linux does not and will not use systemd. There’s many reasons why, but the most fundamental one is that it breaks the principle of Simplicity. The author of the excellent s6 suite of packages says it well:...
Up to now, development in Mere has focused on laying out its foundation. Much of that was discovering what Mere is, what makes it different. At times that has led to indecision, and that slows progress. In the meantime, some of the ideas and chosen tools have sparked interest. But Mere’s usability has been low, as ideas and concepts took priority in development over usability. So now, to build some adoption, the project is re-focusing efforts to release a stable and usable first version....