The E16 version is a lot faster, than newer e version... This was the same, way back when Elive was the Gem version..... It was a lot faster, before it was updated........ e17 installed... That was way back when XP/Vista was the OS of choice....
I do not think that Kodi has ever been so fast? Not sure what changes you made, however it is very fast....compared to Debian Sid even...
There used to be a lot of e16 themes......
Great Job developers.
Many of the OS options available, which used to be fast......... All stopped being developed..
Yoper was a very fast OS..... Elive was a very fast OS. Feather Linux was fast........
Many of these, all went to the wayside..... For the giant 'boat' type OS options, Fedora, Ubuntu, SuSe, etc.... which are kind of like driving an old car from the 70s, it just kind of floats down the road, not very responsive, etc.... I wonder how fast this OS would be, if there was an option to install a 'Minimal version'? Perhaps, if possibly you had the option not to install all of the addons?
Xfce and E16-17 are typically the fastest/lightest GUI available....E16-17 is always great, it looks great and has great graphics.... though Xfce often has lots of options...Lots of adds, sensors, alarms/alerts, desktop notices, etc....
Long story short......... Lots of great choices and work, building this OS... This OS could easily be retailed. I purchased Xandros, way back when and this OS has always been better than it was.... If you were to customize the Software installer or put a new face on Synaptic, for sure, this OS could be Retailed...... I hate to see, that you don't get more contributions....... Clearly a lot of work has gone into this OS....