[daemonfowl]

Hi jggimi !!
Maybe you'd consider replacing fluxbox itself with some lighter window manager (openbox .. ) .. epdfview instead of xpdf .. as the former uses minimal libs (no gnome libs) ..
I know you're a big admirer of Firefox .. can't you put Seamonkey instead ? then you'd omit mutt too ..
You're a hacker , you may look at the software choices made for lighter live OSes like Peppermint ,, WattOS .. Pentoo ..

( ps. : if the LiveCD is directed to BSD community mostly .. then why just bother using window managers other than default cwm/fvwm ? maybe all you need is a tweak of xdm to aulogin to X .. again this is feasible only if fluxbox REALLY takes space :-)
If the LiveCD is directed to newcomers : they are more likely to fit into 2 broad categories :
Nix-familiar : these would taste OpenBSD spices without much trouble (hehe talking as though I'm a ... LOL !)
Mac-Win herd : they would rather need a GUI-GUI boosted LiveDVD with Gnome or Kde .
Please all , please none , my friend )