[CentOS] Re: Remaster CentOs Live CD

Scott Silva ssilva at sgvwater.com
Wed Jul 5 16:11:12 UTC 2006


Joe Klemmer spake the following on 7/4/2006 11:22 PM:
> Daniel de Kok wrote:
> 
>>> For both of these, we will be happy to entertain changes that people
>>> want ... but I don't think it is in our best interest to tell people
>>> exactly how to build replacements for those, do you?
>> Why not? Of course, it would not be good if people add their own
>> background and dump it on the net. But I can see the use of making a
>> custom Live CD. E.g. suppose that you someone would like to provide a
>> class of biology students with a live CD that contains some
>> domain-specific programs, so that they can run them without having to
>> install Linux at home.
>>
>> Of course, the obvious problem is that some people will mess things up,
>> and will distribute broken live CDs to others with the CentOS logos
>> still in there.
> 
> 	If anyone is really interested in remastering their own CDs it only
> takes about 3 minutes of google to come  up with all the documentation
> and how-to's you could ever want.  Believe me, if building your own
> distro was all that difficult there wouldn't be four hundred gazillion
> different distros out there.  I can definitely understand Johnny's POV
> on the subject.  But hell, even _I_ could BMOD (Build My Own Distro) if
> I weren't so damned lazy.
> 
> 	Hey.  BMOD Linux.  Kinda has a ring to it.  If I ever get around to
> acquiring a DVD burner of some kind I might take a stab at it.  Or not.
>  I really am very lazy.
> 
Why put off to tomorrow what you can shove all the way into next month!


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