Victor,
I am posting wrt your prior 0.1.0.a version. It is possible that you already addressed some issues in the new 0.1.1a, but I have not downloaded it yet.
_ In the GUI DE, there should be a (DE) "Preferences" (or "settings" or "options") menu entry, which should also include an option to change the screen resolution. If the screen resolution is the only specific preference to be added, then a "preferences" menu item is not needed (just a desktop icon).
_ In "Desktop Settings", the WM options should be available by right click by default. The current default setting is not to show the WM menu.
_ "Desktop Settings" indicates "xterm" as virtual terminal, but it doesn't found it (as it is not the virtual terminal that it is installed).
_ One or at most two Work-spaces by default, instead of 4. If taking out the whole feature would reduce dependencies (required resources, size, RAM, etc.) I would suggest taking out the Workspaces feature altogether (after all, this is a special-purpose snapshot Live system, not a full-feature OS).
_ If this is based on Debian Testing, why/how the Ubuntu icon ended up in there? I really would like to know.
_ Is the "live/modules/" directory actually being used? Can it be used for customizations/updates?
_ About the Syslinux boot menu:
_ Clonezilla should also have its own Syslinux boot option, so to be able to skip the DE.
_ Almost all files under the "isolinux/" directory are either unnecessary, not used, or inadequate.
_ If possible, the Syslinux version should be the same as in UBCD (official upstream 4.07), so additional improvements could be applied to the cfg file. (The current Syslinux version in Debian Stable already includes enough backports so to implement at least part of the improvements to the cfg file(s).)
_ vga=788 (or any particular value) is not adequate for distribution. I would suggest either:
_ using something similar to what GParted/Clonezilla Live does, prompting questions while booting; and/or,
_ having a visible "first" icon on the desktop so to adjust screen resolution; and/or,
_ having an initial "settings wizard" as Slacko and other Puppies have.
From the above, I'd rather have the one that would require less resources / dependencies.
I have more specific comments about the boot menu, but perhaps I should wait til your next alpha release(?).
_ There is a need to update and/or add packages related to "rescue tasks". For example, IMHO there is no point in adding/using latest GParted without including the latest fdisk (util-linux), mtools,... If this UBCD Live Debian-based distro is going to use old packages (“old” in the sense that there are updates available upstream), then I'd rather use GParted Live directly. There are valid exceptions, such as parted, or some GTK-related tools, but those should be indeed *exceptions*.
_ The name (of the ISO image, the boot menu,...) should not start with "Debian", but with, "UBCD". If it is a snapshot of "Debian Testing" (with additional appropriate changes/updates), then these words could be added *after* UBCD, and even a "yyyyMMMdd" too. Also, using "UBCD Live" (Debian...) (as "GParted/Clonezilla Live", for example) would be convenient, as this Debian-based system is a Live snapshot only, with no "installation" procedure, package management,...
I am posting wrt your prior 0.1.0.a version. It is possible that you already addressed some issues in the new 0.1.1a, but I have not downloaded it yet.
_ In the GUI DE, there should be a (DE) "Preferences" (or "settings" or "options") menu entry, which should also include an option to change the screen resolution. If the screen resolution is the only specific preference to be added, then a "preferences" menu item is not needed (just a desktop icon).
_ In "Desktop Settings", the WM options should be available by right click by default. The current default setting is not to show the WM menu.
_ "Desktop Settings" indicates "xterm" as virtual terminal, but it doesn't found it (as it is not the virtual terminal that it is installed).
_ One or at most two Work-spaces by default, instead of 4. If taking out the whole feature would reduce dependencies (required resources, size, RAM, etc.) I would suggest taking out the Workspaces feature altogether (after all, this is a special-purpose snapshot Live system, not a full-feature OS).
_ If this is based on Debian Testing, why/how the Ubuntu icon ended up in there? I really would like to know.
_ Is the "live/modules/" directory actually being used? Can it be used for customizations/updates?
_ About the Syslinux boot menu:
_ Clonezilla should also have its own Syslinux boot option, so to be able to skip the DE.
_ Almost all files under the "isolinux/" directory are either unnecessary, not used, or inadequate.
_ If possible, the Syslinux version should be the same as in UBCD (official upstream 4.07), so additional improvements could be applied to the cfg file. (The current Syslinux version in Debian Stable already includes enough backports so to implement at least part of the improvements to the cfg file(s).)
_ vga=788 (or any particular value) is not adequate for distribution. I would suggest either:
_ using something similar to what GParted/Clonezilla Live does, prompting questions while booting; and/or,
_ having a visible "first" icon on the desktop so to adjust screen resolution; and/or,
_ having an initial "settings wizard" as Slacko and other Puppies have.
From the above, I'd rather have the one that would require less resources / dependencies.
I have more specific comments about the boot menu, but perhaps I should wait til your next alpha release(?).
_ There is a need to update and/or add packages related to "rescue tasks". For example, IMHO there is no point in adding/using latest GParted without including the latest fdisk (util-linux), mtools,... If this UBCD Live Debian-based distro is going to use old packages (“old” in the sense that there are updates available upstream), then I'd rather use GParted Live directly. There are valid exceptions, such as parted, or some GTK-related tools, but those should be indeed *exceptions*.
_ The name (of the ISO image, the boot menu,...) should not start with "Debian", but with, "UBCD". If it is a snapshot of "Debian Testing" (with additional appropriate changes/updates), then these words could be added *after* UBCD, and even a "yyyyMMMdd" too. Also, using "UBCD Live" (Debian...) (as "GParted/Clonezilla Live", for example) would be convenient, as this Debian-based system is a Live snapshot only, with no "installation" procedure, package management,...