Base distro: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r0, release testing for “base system”, unstable for new and experimental programs (read: apps which people should try and use )
Linux Kernel 2.6.22 optimized for desktop, patches: bootsplash, -ck1 (the last -ck patch ever), UserModeLinux skas
LiveCD: cloop (consider squashfs-lzma), aufs, modified/customized Knoppix, sidux, and other scripts
Optimize system and applications configuration for speed/adaptibility, use bootchart to do system profiling
Let most standards of Linux/Debian system, desktop environment, etc “untouch” in Kuliax 7.0, LSB 3.1
Integration of hal, dbus, udev, media manager, automount, “plug and play”
Bugs and security fixes on Kuliax 6.0
ACPI, laptop support, ALSA, Suspend2 for suspend/hibernate, NFS, Samba, DMA on by default, LVM, Bluez, IrDa, PPP, extra-keys, …