It's a shame that so much work power is distributed over many similar
projects with slightly different goals.
What I mean is:
Imagine the creators of trisquel, parabola, gnewsense and uruk would join
forces and produce one well maintained OS instead of many more or less
outdated ones.
Debian as a base OS would make the process of eliminating the non-free
pitfalls way easier, and it would provide the option of having stable and
reliable software for the normal user as well as enabling the rolling-release
feature of debian testing for the more advanced users (the target audience of
parabola).
Outdated software is unattractive.
Users who care about software freedom most likely also care about security
and reliability. Why not join forces, everybody?
The result could be a powerful, fully free operating system for everybody.