Re: [gentoo-user] How to create my own linux distribution

[Matthew R. King]

Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote:
> 2006/7/18, David Corbin <gentoo.org@××××××××××.com
> <mailto:gentoo.org@××××××××××.com>>:
>
>     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.
>
>
> I think you should take a look at:
>
> http://www.reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/index.html
> http://www.cfengine.org/ <http://www.cfengine.org/>
>
>
> Best regards
> Jose
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
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