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I need to create a small custom live system (for teaching a programming class). What would be the best way to do it?
hmp
Posted 2009-08-18T12:31:14.497
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Building a custom Linux LiveCD
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You can use Remastersys to build an Ubuntu or Debian distro of your own. For a fast live cd, I would install XUbuntu into a virtualbox vm and install the necessary programs and set it up to your liking. Then you can run remastersys backup and burn the resulting ISO to CDs for your students.
Gren
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If you want to build your own distribution, Try Linux From Scratch (LFS). It is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
There are a lot of lightweight linux distributions available. Most of these can boot from LiveCD. http://lightlinux.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-of-lightweight-linux_24.html
sudesh
Posted 2009-08-18T12:31:14.497
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http://www.livecdlist.com/frontpage?order=value_1&sort=desc
This website is a list of all the Live CD distros with a ranking given by the users
I suggest you go with XUbuntu for programming purposes
If you are looking to use it for server tests try open SUSE
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You might want to take a look at TKLPatch, a simple (but powerful) appliance customization mechanism.
Documentation: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/docs/tklpatch
Source code: http://github.com/turnkeylinux/tklpatch
Alon Swartz
Posted 2009-08-18T12:31:14.497
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How about Morphix? http://www.morphix.org/ - includes a page on "Building a new LiveCD in two commands"!
Wouldn't Xubuntu with additional software be too big to fit on a CD? – hmp – 2009-08-18T14:16:10.040
Basic xubuntu ~617 megs cd-r ~700 megs. Besides an IDE and compilers I'm not sure how much more one would need for a programming class. Live DVD may be necessary. – Gren – 2009-08-18T15:34:21.183
What applications do you need? – Gren – 2009-08-18T15:36:25.563