@wizardbeard @massive_bereavement
I agree Klaus Knoppers Knoppix was an eye-opener for all. Test booting with all drivers and auto configuring, before real installation was much better than anything seen at that time. I owe him a lot too.

Now the features are everywhere, and Debian distributions - that Klaus eventually also used as foundation - has even a livebuild package that can produce a new 'Knoppix' for you.
Maybe he has just started using/supporting that himself?