Building Linux OS

So, tell me. How exactly or where exactly could I grab info on constructing a LinuxOS and making an image of it to have it be sort of a live install for USB or DVD. Like I setup a system I need and then make a USB version of it to be able to reinstall it or install on another system

 

I think you're looking for Linux From Scratch.

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

If you just want something more along the lines of a customized Debian or Fedora image, I believe they both provide tools specifically for that kind of thing.

it's basically gentoo. compile what you need, and that's it.

LFS i looked at that before and I don't know if I'm ready for kernal work, but the gentoo sounds about right.

but would gentoo work well running a VM?

Hi ryzax25. For ease of use you could start using:

1) a standard Ubuntu Live-CD image and then customize it to your liking with

http://code.google.com/p/ubuntu-builder/

2) Or use Susestudio

http://susestudio.com/

3) Or like  Pyrophosphate already said, Linux From Scratch.

Cheers.

If you don't know if you're ready for LFS or not, then you're not ready for LFS.

I would go for Arch; it is hands-on, but it is very low-resource, very powerful, and has an amazing, albeit cocky, userbase.

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haha yes ive met an arch guy before and they are a little cocky but hey they know their stuff. does anyone call them archy's. archies? i dunno but yea ill prolly go arch. but if anyone has good resources on how to grasp LFS then i would really love a link or something.

i'm going with manjaro on my laptop, pretty much arch with more GUI

I wouldn't consider us Archies, persay, but...

I know, I know - I was just experimenting w/ Openbox for now.

any pointers to installing arch on amd64?