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SUSE Studio — Linux Customization For the Masses

Posted by kdawson on from the rolling-your-own dept.

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."

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  1. Linux for the masses ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Come on, it's not ready for prime time. The driver problem is too much.

  2. IE not supported... by Ramsees · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Your browser is not officially supported We have detected that the browser you are using, Microsoft Internet Explorer, is not officially supported. Currently, for the alpha of SUSE Studio, we only support Firefox 2 and 3, and Safari 3." Way to go SUSE, not supporting the most used web browser on earth.

    1. Re:IE not supported... by FishWithAHammer · · Score: 0, Troll

      I know twitter says he doesn't like it, but we all know he does. Keep polishing!

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      "You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."
    2. Re:IE not supported... by Daengbo · · Score: 0, Troll

      That's because video production tools on Linux aren't really up to speed. GTKRecordMyDesktop or Istanbul? Both are severely limited, and Istanbul has a years-old bug for many systems requiring full shots for every scree, in addition to sound hosing the screencast. For post-production, PiTiVi is a toy, while Kino and KDEnlive have promise, but don't work consistently well.

      I almost installed an XP VM image just so that I could get a good screencast system, but instead I'm just faking it with Salasaga. I couldn't live with myself otherwise.

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      Put identity in the browser.