[Ilugc] how to start with a new linux distro

[Rahul Sundaram]

Deepz wrote:
> A older article based on Fedora 7 at
>> http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/31/remixing-fedora-7/
>>
>> Most of the content still applies. The process is better these days.
>>
>> Thanks for the link. If i want to modify the source code and make my own
> install cd,then how should i do that?

You take the srpms, add your patches, bump the version number and 
rebuild the packages. Put them in a separate directory, run createrepo 
on them which will create a yum repository. Point to your custom 
repository along with the existing Fedora repository. Run pungi (for 
regular installation images) or livecd-creator (for live cd/dvd) or use 
revisor for a graphical wrapper around both.

Jesse Keating, release engineer for Fedora has a video/presentation 
talking about the basic concepts behind this

http://linux.dell.com/files/presentations/Ottawa_Linux_Symposium_2008/ols-distro-tutorial.ogg
http://linux.dell.com/files/presentations/Ottawa_Linux_Symposium_2008/ols-distro-tutorial.odp

Rahul