Well, yeah. It's not actually an add, but it does say that there are pro features available (can't remember exactly what it said). It's just pushy, not something I'd expect to see in a Linux distro.

I don't like either, I always use native pacakges. I repackage what is not available for the distro I currently use. It's just simpler IMO. One pacakge manager, all apps are available system wide, so if I decide to switch accounts or someone else might wanna use my computer/laptop, no prob, just log in as Guest, do whatever, log out.