You have and are creating a masterpiece for all of our use. I have no problems in any of what you do to help us.
But, sometimes it does help to give you a user perspective to validate your direction(s). This I've learned from all systems development and systems implementations I have done in the many-many times this has occurred in my career.
Firstly, your approach to providing 2 implementation of your distros is a very very good approach. For it does 2 useful things:
- Address a need for those who just want a barebones functionality
- Addresses a need that Mariner satisfies
- Addressing the LH64 barebones
Live media boots all the way to X destop with a "standing" FirstRUN "Personalize Setting" for simple system setup needs. ....Brilliant! - Addressing Mariner offering
- Live media boots to a text based screen offering an opportunity for a user to select some pre-desktop TOOLS that are not in the base.
- Then proceeding to a "standing" FirstRUN "Personalize Setting" for simple system setup needs.
What it does, is to give every users a comfortable and simple OTB solution to using his 64bit PC, usefully without installing anything or having the need to upgrade or replace any subsytem packages. This is what wins!
With the changes you are investigating, YOU are on the doorstep of a significant growth in your distro's use and all with very little complaints from users in product or system problems.
Take you time, for, we are here to help you. I think all of us appreciate how you are approaching your 64bit offering.
Thanks