mint stick, open as root

I have looked at mintstick, but one of the issues with using a lot of mint software is the way mint has stuff packaged. The localization stuff for example for an app requires the localization stuff for all mint software.

And then you have a few libraries and stuff that are only on mint. Not to mention mint specific code is often in their apps.

A better option would be to fork mintstick, fix the issues noted above and rename it something else.

On startup sounds I once created a wiki article that was on our old wiki about doing like mentioned above as a startup app. A better way of doing it that would prob also support a shutdown sound would be add it to the theme you are using. I will leave that as an exercise for the reader.

As far as doing it by default for bodhi or in our themes, we decided in the past not to do it. Too many ppl was opposed to it. That was then and now is now, so I am unsure what our current users think. But only a small percentage of our users post on our forum(s) or hang out in Discord. Hard to tell.

mintstick is very convenient, but not perfect. I could not get a BSD or Kwort to boot after using it, but it does work on vast majority of linux iso I have tried. It's a thought.

As far as startup sound, I do not anticipate one out of the box, or a default sound. More like the option to add my own to spice things up. It can add to the appeal when demonstrating to others why they should move away from Window$, especially the ability to change it at the drop of a hat.