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Need help making a new distro
I know everyone is thinking: "Ugh!!! Not another distro!!!
But this is a different case. I am making this for my personal use and for a few friends and family members.
I am thinking of basing it off Slackware or Arch, although I am currently using PCLinuxOS and Mint on a couple other pcs.
ALL help and advice is helpful. But first I need to figure out WHERE to start.
If anyone would like to help with this, please post here with any links or info I will be needing. I am totally lost here.
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From there just add what you need. Not a new distro, but your distro.
@ manfred: What?
If you are going to roll your own distro, one important question might be: How do you intend to manage your software packages? The two most popular binary formats are RPM (Fedora/Mandrake et al) and DEB (Ubuntu/Debian et al). If you prefer one of those to the other, you might want to use one of those to create your base image. Or you can go the other route and complete roll it from scratch using Linux From (you guessed it) Scratch.
Good luck and post your progress!
I have never "rolled my own" distro before. So the easiest way, is the best way for me right now.
I was also thinkin on just grabbin Debian and theme it up and add every thing we use to it. But then, it wouldn't really be my own creation, would it?
I mean, so many ppl do exactly that, then bundle it, rename it and tag it as their own creation.
Have Fun
Tom
Edit: LoL, forgot the link
http://www.linuxquestions.org/blog/goineasy9-98941/2008/9/9/using-debian-businesscard-install-and-smxi-to-make-the-perfect-debian-testingkdesmxi-enhanced-distro-1176/
Screens:
Desktop w/custom theme
With a few apps loaded
Known bugs:
When custom theme is implemented it crashes several of the multi-media apps. Also, when loading it up, it seems to revert back to before the customizations were implemented. Will try and work the bugs out. But I am just 1 person, may take awhile.
By the way, I used AV Linux which is a Debian base and used Tony Brijeski's Remastersys Installer, maybe this is what is causing the bugs?
I also just made a blog:
http://demonlinux.blogspot.com/
Wouldn't it be easier to take a tiny distribution with your favorite package manager and window manager and then to customize it with themese and apps that you like using scripts for autmoation?
In this manner you take away the assle of maintaining your distro for your familly and firends over time, you increase the use of standard distro which helps with bug reports and you contribute scripts and themes to the community.
I think the problem of our world (true in the west only) is that we have too much... too much information is available, too many distros, too many languages... and creating more just doesn't help.
My 2 cents
What I don't agree with is the too many distros idea. Isn't linux all about freedom and different flavors? If it's not, then we all should just go back to being m$ automatons.
Just my 2 cents.
Now for my $1.00, I have posted about a couple problems I am having with this. If anyone has any advice that will help me with these, could you PLEASE post them?
Thanx
What I do advise is:
-Figure out what it is that you really to do that is better than the existing distros
-Find a distro you like
-Make modified packages for that distro that does what you want.
-Reskin the installer, the desktop, what ever
-If you make modifications of value contribute back if possible. (Not because it's nice, but it's a pain in the ass to keep modifing things every release...)
I would also like to thank the others for wasting my time and telling me NOT to make this OS.
If anyone would like more info on this, you can come by the blog located http://demonlinux.blogspot.com/
I have even posted a download link for anyone willing to help me on this.
Thanx again!!!
I would definitely recommend basing it on a distro that supports deb or rpm. That is the easiest way to manage packages.