the list of live cds could be improved with more detailed info. For example, gentoo ppc does not include cifs support, which makes it unsuitable as a "rescue/admin" live cd. I then propose to add grades, based on the number of key features; for example, if the number of features sum up to 63, the grade 30/63 is the indication that that live cd offers only 30 features in the white list. The aim is to identify this core list, and encourage the various distributions to cover the list via the above carrot-stick approach.
Bob