Sam & Claude 6bade5d04e Merge xfce-operator-usb: AMD ASUS hardware lane + XFCE panel polish (Sam & Claude)

Consolidates the operator-USB work into main now that the AMD ASUS hardware-evidence collection is closed and Codex is parked. Brings the live-session hardware lane (XInput/libinput touchpad guard, internal audio + resolver bootstrap, hw-report with gated public upload, operator-USB branding) and the config-only XFCE panel polish (Pass 1 + Pass 2: branded Whisker PNG, xkb text mode, panel 40px, systray square-icons).

Conflict: doc/LLM-PROVIDER-HARNESS.md was evolved on both sides. Resolved as a union with no content lost — the xfce-side harness/provider/fabric restructure is the base, and main's two unique blocks (Verifying Key Cleanup flow, the 2D Platform x Harness matrix + populate/add procedures) are preserved. The doc owner may later dedupe the overlap between the two 1D matrices and the 2D matrix.

Verification debt stays explicit and open (not closed by this merge): XFCE visual-polish confirmation and the next rebuilt-image hardware retest, per doc/XFCE-PANEL-BUGS-HANDOFF.md and PLAN-OPERATOR-USB-NEXT.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-06-04 20:04:23 +02:00

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UX Polish + USB Sizing Backlog

From: Sam + Claude Date: 18.maj.2026 Compacted: 25.maj.2026 Status: OPEN, but no longer a hardware-test handoff

This file keeps only the unresolved UX/sizing decisions that are not already covered by the AMD ASUS evidence report or TESTING.md.

Open decisions

1. Image size policy

Current operator media expectations have moved beyond 32 GB sticks.

Candidate policy:

64 GB USB  -> IMAGE_SIZE="50G" default
128 GB USB -> optional larger profile around 80G
256 GB USB -> optional larger profile around 200G

Do not change this during the AMD ASUS fix loop unless the operator explicitly asks; larger images increase build-host disk use and flash time.

2. SDDM greeter visual mismatch

Current greeter and desktop are visually different. Cheap options:

switch SDDM from elarun to a darker stock theme, or
keep elarun and replace/override its background with the Clawdie operator wallpaper.

Files:

live/operator-session/sddm.conf
build.sh

3. Bootstrap page palette

live/operator-session/bootstrap.html still uses a light paper-card palette while the desktop is dark. Options:

full dark repaint, or
paper card on a dark Clawdie backdrop.

Keep this CSS-only unless content changes are explicitly requested.

4. Panel density and launcher order

Do this after the current XFCE visual-polish lane. Active panel/icon bugs are tracked in:

doc/XFCE-PANEL-BUGS-HANDOFF.md

Closed or superseded

ASUS UX325UA hardware-prep notes are superseded by doc/AMD-ASUS-XFCE-LIVE-USB-FINDINGS.md.
Build-host cleanup commands are covered by the ISO build skills and normal tmp/ cleanup practice.
Detailed old rationale remains in git history before this compaction.

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