SimplyMepis was originally designed to ship with the upcoming book "Point and Click Linux" by Rob Miller of Slashdot fame. This book intends to supply the user with an installable Linux LiveCD offering the best of desktop Linux applications. As such, SimplyMepis includes one office suite, one desktop environment and does its best to supply one application for each task, allowing it to fit comfortably under 2GB. This means that you have no package choices when installing the OS. However, being Debian-based, adding any of Debian's 10,000 is a snap.