seek referrals on distro howtos

[Claude Jones]

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