Hello Gentlemen,
I can say that Doug has been a great help, Steve has been a great help.
There are clearly two Allstar Camps now.
I have my Pi running Dial, I use HSMM-PI and the two systems compliment each other nicely. Steve was very good at helping me get WiFi working the way I need it too.
FYI, I did install Allstar Dial in my HP Laptop, it is a Duo Core 2200 mhz unit with 3gb RAM and an SSD. I got it running without effort. I also installed Gnome Desktop and I also installed HSMM-PI on the laptop. I now have a multi-channel Dispatch Console on a laptop running 2 nodes, a Selected Node and an Un-Selected Node. I have a series of remote bases spread around. This allows me to connect to any one of many to talk too on the Selected Node and all of many on the Un-Selected Node to monitor the others.
I did try to do this with the Doug build but ARCH is structured just too different and the changes were many.
Bottom line is this. I won't complain about what Doug is doing. I have a choice and I choose to stay a little closer to the Dixon based system.
I think both are good for those who choose one over the other.
The work that goes into building a distro is an art form. It takes great commitment and dedication to make it play.