From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G2ovU-0002uD-4i for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:43:48 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6ICgAed026264; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:42:10 GMT Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.68]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6ICajE9020161 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:36:45 GMT Received: from ibm64aec.bellsouth.net ([68.211.128.102]) by imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060718123640.RBQG18089.imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm64aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:36:40 -0400 Received: from dcorbin.machturtle.com ([68.211.128.102]) by ibm64aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060718123640.CLBN16539.ibm64aec.bellsouth.net@dcorbin.machturtle.com> for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:36:40 -0400 Received: from [192.168.37.1] (helo=[192.168.26.98]) by dcorbin.machturtle.com with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G285X-0003WV-N8 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:59:19 -0400 From: David Corbin To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to create my own linux distribution Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:35:36 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060718094408.11578.qmail@web37707.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20060718121426.104990@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20060718121426.104990@gmx.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200607180835.37263.gentoo.org@machturtle.com> X-Archives-Salt: 36a3cd6e-966f-4785-b613-7c3b440b203d X-Archives-Hash: 6188bf3bb6398b77fb42cb67a72e5ce6 On Tuesday 18 July 2006 08:14, jarry@gmx.net wrote: > Makara wrote: > > ...Could anyone tell me how to create my own > > linux distribution?... > > What exactly do you expect from "your own linux distribution"? > Some special functionality you are missing? Some speciall > installer, interface, packages? Not wanting to hijack the thread from the OP, but this subject interests me for the following reason. I work on a software system where one customer has about 10000 systems at about 500 locations. Remote systems are categorized as one of 3 types/configurations. Automated management of them is essential, including upgrades, but seldom upgrades "to the latest and greatest" as stability is very important. Upgrades need to "just work", and not require manual intervention. Currently, they're all on Windows in one form or another (ugh!). The systems in question have very limited capabilities, and the people on site have very limited permissions. Other potential customers have similar size systems, and I certainly expect someone to realize the value of Linux for this. I'd like to have a solution in my mind when the time comes. I've considered the idea of a custom distribution to do this. There is no doubt in my mind, that any such distribtuion would be based on an existing one, with tweaks that deal with where updates come from, and what packages are availble, etc. Gentoo or Debian are the two likely candidates. I'm not *sure* a customized distribution is appropriate. David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list