I'm about to start on a project making my own set of post-install scripts for the Debian net install. Basically, you set up the Debian Net install without any DE installed, and you run my setup script, and wham! you have pre-cooked rice, along with a /usr/bin full of useful programs. Aiming for a complete install size of less than a gig, and for the script to be interoperable between PPC, ARM, and x86 (because I use all three arches occasionally)

I'm mainly doing this to save time next time I install debian on something. If other people like it and want to use it, so be it. I just hope /r/unixporn doesn't end up chock-full of screenshots from people who installed debian, ran my script, added a tacky conky, and said "Look at my rice"