@Dronecatcher My apologies for the misunderstanding and perhaps for my usage of an inappropriate tone; I was in no way criticizing you for what you called Sorbet, I was just making a small correction.
I think my first reaction was that while labeling it as just a tweaked install is technically correct, I saw that as a very literal interpretation of how everything is put together, which felt akin to a minimization of sorts in regards to the other 2/3 of the system that wasn't just tweaked for performance, but added to for features and accessibility. Although I chose to only address the performance topic in my response to your post.
Admittedly, I probably think of the project in a larger way than it deserves, and that likely unconsciously carries some effect on how I refer to it here ... although I've consistently been trying to be as accurate as possible as to what it actually does (sans the recent oversimplifications - I often look at things from multiple different angles and interpretations, and sometimes that becomes public).
To be fair, I did say earlier that I wanted to feel more excited about computing in general (which until recently, not much available was fulfilling); accordingly, at least a little bit of my investment in Sorbet is probably self-manufactured.
@MoerBoer The current image is fully USB-bootable. Because I have been unable to get the image size down to 7.3 GB without potentially breaking things though, the USB booting guide is currently undergoing a period of retooling to accommodate this obstacle. Otherwise, it will be published eventually.
In the meantime, my recommendation for now is to just try restoring the image to a 16 GB USB drive on hand, and then boot from that using the instructions found in
The Open Firmware Wiki. Because this method is as of now untested however, success is not necessarily assured.
