On 20 Jun 07:21, Krishna Birth wrote:
I would be grateful for answers to this survey, please number your answers for relating them to the questions below.
Or use standard mailing practice of giving answers below questions like a real human?
This ( Linux User and Dev. Magazine #101 Build Your Own Distro http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/magazine-issues/linux-user-developer-issue-101-is... ) has choices for building your own distro.
For the ones that interested me it says:
susestudio.com is easy, polished, good documentation and web-based though it's Suse only
instalinux.com has choice and is web-based though not polished interface
uck.sourceforge.net is easy though Ubuntu only, not customisable look/feel and start from scratch approach to changes
geekconnection.org/remastersys is very flexible and copies environment though Debian/Ubuntu only, not in Ubuntu yet and needs separate installation
linuxfromscratch.org is flexible though requires manual steps
revisor.fedoraunity.org is easy and offers possibilities though Fedora only
- What tool is best for a non-techie to build linux distro?
If one is not a techie, one should use one of the (hundreds of) premade distributions, recommendations would be Ubuntu, Debian or Fedora. All of which have a large user base and come with security updates. For a true non-techie, I'd suggest going the ubuntu route, but not using the new desktop environment.
- Could the other distros logos / firmware gui be changed on them?
"Firmware GUI"?!
From susestudio, remastersys and revisor which is best for non-techie?
From susestudio, remastersys and revisor which is best for the
distro customisation/flexibility (similar to question 2)?
- From susestudio, remastersys and revisor which is the quickest to
produce the distro for the non-techie?
- From susestudio, remastersys and revisor which is best for
consultant/expert to produce distro?
- From susestudio, remastersys and revisor which is easiest for
non-techie to upgrade over time?
- From susestudio, remastersys and revisor which offer to the
non-techie easiest live and installable distro?
- If a consultant/expert was to use susestudio, remastersys or
revisor, how much time would be spent to remove all fonts and put 2 fonts perhaps bitmap one font also, the distro logo and a live, installable, bootable media and downloadable distro?
- If a non-techie was to use susestudio, remastersys or revisor,
how much time would be spent to remove all fonts and put 2 fonts, the distro logo and a live, installable, bootable media and downloadable distro?
- From susestudio, remastersys and revisor which offers the most
quality community help?
- Do any offer paid options where their team creates the distro for
you for a fixed fee?
You do realise that if you use a home-brewed distribution, you're narrowing your support choices, and you'll probably end up in a setup that has some "interesting" licence combinations, right?
Is there any reason that you're looking to "make" your own distribution, or is it just that it looked like a good idea at the time? There's very little need to, and unless you're planning on installing a *lot* of machines, then using one of already available distributions is a better idea.
And if you are installing a lot of machines, then puppet + PXE boot of debian/ubuntu and using a preseed file is undoubtedly going to be a better long term bet.
Just my 2p,