Tested! - rBuilder Online, Part 1
Not so long ago, I'd posted a link to rBuilder Online, the Linux equivalent of a Subway sandwich.
It promises to let you build a Linux distro' just the way you want it. For example, you can go as bare as "group-core" (just a bootable system with 'enough' tools & a shell - depending on how much you describe as 'enough'), or take things to the max with additional tools (group-base), developer tools (group-devel), various mixed packages (group-dist-extras), Gnome & KDE (group-gnome and group-kde, respectively), X Windows (group-xorg) - which is pretty important if you want to use the KDE & Gnome packages. There's also another package called group-netserver (you guessed it, contains networking tools and server packages).
If you're so inclined, you can also find an open source package elsewhere on the 'net (e.g. Zope, which hasn't been published on rBuilder Online).
To start putting together your free distro', you'll need to create a group.
A group name and group version are required at the minimum, but you can also add a description, and choose the packages that you want, but you can do these later.
If you decide to edit the group later, after adding or removing packages, and decide that you want to test your product, click the nice, big button on the group editor screen titled, "Cook This Group".
The basic packages that are offered upon creating your group are quite generous in content, and things like MySQL are available in the basic packages, without the hassle of sourcing and integrating everything.
There's some nice touches in rBuilder Online, like having the choice between an installation ISO, VMware VM or a raw disk image, all ready to go with your choice of packages. You can also choose if you want a pure x86 build, or for those who have it, an x86_64 build.
I decided to make an ISO, containing the following packages: group_core (required), group-base, group-devel, group-kde, group-netserver, group-xorg, and the community-created httpd and php packages.
I'll post more details in Part 2...
It promises to let you build a Linux distro' just the way you want it. For example, you can go as bare as "group-core" (just a bootable system with 'enough' tools & a shell - depending on how much you describe as 'enough'), or take things to the max with additional tools (group-base), developer tools (group-devel), various mixed packages (group-dist-extras), Gnome & KDE (group-gnome and group-kde, respectively), X Windows (group-xorg) - which is pretty important if you want to use the KDE & Gnome packages. There's also another package called group-netserver (you guessed it, contains networking tools and server packages).
If you're so inclined, you can also find an open source package elsewhere on the 'net (e.g. Zope, which hasn't been published on rBuilder Online).
To start putting together your free distro', you'll need to create a group.
A group name and group version are required at the minimum, but you can also add a description, and choose the packages that you want, but you can do these later.
If you decide to edit the group later, after adding or removing packages, and decide that you want to test your product, click the nice, big button on the group editor screen titled, "Cook This Group".
The basic packages that are offered upon creating your group are quite generous in content, and things like MySQL are available in the basic packages, without the hassle of sourcing and integrating everything.
There's some nice touches in rBuilder Online, like having the choice between an installation ISO, VMware VM or a raw disk image, all ready to go with your choice of packages. You can also choose if you want a pure x86 build, or for those who have it, an x86_64 build.
I decided to make an ISO, containing the following packages: group_core (required), group-base, group-devel, group-kde, group-netserver, group-xorg, and the community-created httpd and php packages.
I'll post more details in Part 2...
1 Comments:
Where is part 2?
By Jason Goecke, at 6:22 PM
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