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On Tuesday 18 July 2006 08:14, jarry@×××.net wrote: |
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> Makara <kingofyuri@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > ...Could anyone tell me how to create my own |
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> > linux distribution?... |
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> What exactly do you expect from "your own linux distribution"? |
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> Some special functionality you are missing? Some speciall |
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> installer, interface, packages? |
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Not wanting to hijack the thread from the OP, but this subject interests me |
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for the following reason. I work on a software system where one customer has |
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about 10000 systems at about 500 locations. Remote systems are categorized |
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as one of 3 types/configurations. Automated management of them is essential, |
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including upgrades, but seldom upgrades "to the latest and greatest" as |
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stability is very important. Upgrades need to "just work", and not require |
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manual intervention. Currently, they're all on Windows in one form or |
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another (ugh!). The systems in question have very limited capabilities, and |
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the people on site have very limited permissions. |
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Other potential customers have similar size systems, and I certainly expect |
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someone to realize the value of Linux for this. I'd like to have a solution |
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in my mind when the time comes. |
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I've considered the idea of a custom distribution to do this. There is no |
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doubt in my mind, that any such distribtuion would be based on an existing |
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one, with tweaks that deal with where updates come from, and what packages |
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are availble, etc. Gentoo or Debian are the two likely candidates. I'm not |
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*sure* a customized distribution is appropriate. |
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David |
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