SUSE Studio — Linux Customization For the Masses 126
apokryphos writes "Novell just released the first alpha of SUSE Studio (screencast), which provides an easy way to customize your own Linux distribution with the software and configuration you want. Among other things, you can spin a Live CD, a USB image, or create a VMware image. It builds upon the already established openSUSE Build Service and KIWI imaging system."
Correct screencast link... (Score:5, Informative)
Bad link in summary (Score:1, Informative)
susestudio.com [susestudio.com]
Actual screencast URL (Score:5, Informative)
Actually, the screencast is at http://studio.suse.com/ [suse.com], not suse.studio.com, which is an adfarm that just struck gold.
Car analogy..... ... .... (Score:4, Informative)
"We didn't achieve mass customization of cars until Ford thought up the assembly line. We need the equivalent of the assembly line in the (operating system) world:"
Err, no we don't, at least not Dell/Apple's definition of 'customization' where you have two or three choices of hardrive upgrade options, each increment of cost would buy your the retail part outright.
Worse, ford and his mass production gave us any colour so long as it's black.
This is rather the opposite and a Good Thing. The better analogy would have been the custom car scene from the 1950s onwards, where you can pay for a customized build, rather than do all the work yourself. This might get frowns from those who like object to paying someone do it.
Re:IE not supported... (Score:3, Informative)
Better than Ubuntu, IMO. Their tools feel more polished.