[Tfug] ubuntu

[Andrew Ayre]

Fedora and Ubuntu (and others?) have "respinner" programs which allow 
creation of custom live CDs. Useful if you need to install the same 
distro and set of programs on lots of PCs at once.

Andy

Earl wrote:
> Dell has some custom CD isos for some of their machines.
> 
> Earl
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> -- sitkaa at email.arizona.edu wrote:
> Does anybody do this for Linux or the BSD's? That is provide custom 
> install CD's
> for particular machines. I didn't think anybody did because they 
> thought it was
> economic unrecoupable.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> And that's with an install CD customized for the target machine.  It's
>> much worse when one installs from a generic install CD, then has to go
>> searching for appropriate drivers.
>>
>> --
>> John
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> 
> Anyway, all I really want to do is figure out how to provide a helping 
> hand for
> everyone. Making linux easier to install, with all the drivers already set-up
> and whatnot custom for each machine, this would help push linux over the top.
> So would having it do everything that windows can do, but easier, this is how
> to make linux better. Linux could easily be the dominant OS. The is actually
> very little momentum in the software world, especially when so many things in
> the open source world are gifts of effort, freely given for the good of all.
> 
> Should everyone decide to work on a single project to 'save the world' in one
> organized great social change, they would do with linux. I would hope that the
> linux world is prepared for that. Such an influx of people into this system
> would overwhelm your infrastructure. Constantly dealing with newcomers like me
> who argue about the fine points and complain about it being
> difficult..................................
> 
> Making it as simple as possible is really the only solution.
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