On Saturday 22 October 2005 11:08 am, Ben Stringer wrote: > On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 08:30 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > > I've been looking, and there are lots of pages on how to create a distro. > > Sometimes, it's hard to separate the competent from the wannabes. Do any > > of you who have actually created distros have some reading suggestions > > for a beginner? I'm interested in creating a distro that is oriented to > > graphics artists/media professionals - that comes up with the cutting > > edge packages that are being developed, installed and basically > > configured, and provides easy methods for keeping those packages updated > > as they develop. I'm thinking of packages like Cinelerra, Jahshaka, > > Cinepaint, etc, when I say cutting edge, though I'm also open to any > > suggestions on this front. Packages like Inkscape, and the Gimp would be > > fairly simple to include, I presume. I'm welcome to being told, also, > > that this is too ambitious, but if you could give reasons for why this is > > so, that would be great. > > Hi Claude, > > You may want to look at this list first. There may be a good distro > already that meets your goals. > > http://www.livecdlist.com/index.php?pick=All&sort=Purpose&sm=0 > > I've heard good things about dyne:bolic > > http://www.dynebolic.org/ > Thanks for the suggestion. Actually, I had read the articles on dyne:bolic and tried it. I was disappointed - that's what led me to pursure this oddysey. -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
