Conclusion:
Overall, while it appears as though it's an improvement, there are still a number of things that need to be worked on.

It is still quite buggy, and it somehow managed to delete all my screenshots after installation so I had to do this twice.
Openbox is bundled, and it's a file manager. Yet PCManFM is used by default.
MPlayer and Aqualung, both media players, are included by default.
XScreenSaver is only bundled with the lowest common denominator of screensavers by default.

STOP BUNDLING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS. START BUNDLING EXTRA PACKAGES.