The ppas could still be added, though with a bit more manual work; it's
not as easy as, for instance,
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sparkers
You'd have to go to the launchpad page, locate the 'deb' and 'deb src'
lines for the ppa of interest, add them to '/etc/sources.list', and add
the gpg fingerprint with a command (I forget what that is). I like the
Debian network installer, but have not tried the one from the live
Wheezy cd; don't know how it compares to Ubiquity. I once installed a
distro that used the utility called remastersys-installer, and getting
dumped into gparted when it came time to set up the disk, was a little
intimidating. If not Ubiquity, then something just as easy to use is
nice.
