Rolling a DVD with multiple smaller sections would be much better. It should have the normal goodness in a CD size package, along with smaller special purpose setups [open mosix, firewall, terminal server, web server, etc..] using the Morphix tools they could be dynamically loadable at boot--no change for a normal user, but extra options for pros!

I really think he should focus on seperating the core and the apps---build a stable core that other people can append with custom app packages rather than trying to be everyting all at once.