[Tfug] Customized Fedora DVD project

[Sam Arredondo]

I received this letter from Edward Terry at openboxbuilder.com asking for help starting a customized Fedora DVD. I thought I'd pass it on to the members of TFUG. If anyone is interested, you can email eterry at openboxbuilder.com.  I have no idea how much Mr. Terry will pay as he didn't mention this in the letter...
 
I'm starting a business selling Linux-based computers over the Internet 
and 
I'm looking for someone to customize a Fedora DVD for me.  The 
companies I've 
contacted have not been interested; one of them suggested I contact a 
local 
Linux User Group.

If there is someone in your group who might be interested in 
undertaking this 
project, could you forward this email to them or post this message?  I 
appreciate your help. 

Edward Terry


Project Parameters:

I'm starting a business selling computers over the Internet and I need 
a 
customized Fedora installation DVD.  I want the installation DVD to 
install 
the standard Fedora Core 2 (not a custom distribution) with two 
additional 
packages and some different default settings (described below).  It has 
been 
suggested that one way to do this would be as a patch that runs 
automatically 
after the Fedora Core installation finishes.  Other methods would also 
be 
acceptable. 

Feel free to make suggestions if you think I've made a mistake or 
overlooked 
something. I'm willing to consider alternate approaches; I'm not a 
programmer 
by any means. Email me with any questions, comments, or suggestions. If 
you're interested, please send me an estimate. After you have enough 
information, I will need a binding quote before work begins.  The quote 
should include bugs fixes. The product will be quality reviewed by a 
third 
party. Quality is very important.

I will be targeting consumers; I do not expect to have many business 
customers. Thus, this is intended for desktop computers, not 
workstations or 
servers. 

All of my systems will have the Athlon 64, so I'll principally be using 
the 
64-bit version of Fedora.  I plan to provide the 32-bit version at cost 
to 
customers who want to install it on their current systems, so I'd like 
to get 
these changes for both the 64-bit and 32-bit versions.  The developer 
must 
have access to an Athlon 64 system.  All systems will have DVD drives, 
so I 
won't need a CD version.

This DVD will be bundled with my systems in case users need to 
reinstall the 
OS.  I also need a separate DVD for the person assembling the systems 
to 
use.  The system builder's DVD should result in exactly the same 
installation, but it should not ask questions during the installation 
process 
(so that the system builder does not need to be present); it should 
automatically select the correct options. (It could use Kickstart or 
something else.) Since I will be selling highly customized systems, it 
will 
still need to probe for hardware during installation; it cannot assume 
all 
systems will have the same hardware configuration. A system builder's 
DVD 
will only be needed for the 64-bit version, not the 32-bit version.

Thorough documentation should be included so that another person could 
easily 
make modifications. 

I can email you a list of the Fedora Core packages that should be 
installed by 
default.  I need two Fedora Extras installed by default:  Clam 
Antivirus 
(www.clamav.net) and Firestarter (firestarter.sourceforge.net).

Clam Antivirus should be fully configured by default.  Users should not 
have 
to enter anything during installation if they select the defaults. 
 Clam 
should be configured to automatically update (with both virus 
definitions and 
program updates) in the background.  It should automatically scan 
downloads 
and incoming and outgoing emails.

The label of the DVD should be:  Fedora Linux 2.0

Fedora should install with the following settings, assuming the user 
selects 
the defaults.  This could be done using a profile manager or another 
approach. 

login user automatically on first bootup
time for OS selection at boot:  4 seconds
Only One Screen Saver:  Galaxy
single click to activate items
new folders open in same window
show toolbar and location bar in Nautilus
desktop background:  Solid Color, No Wallpaper
user's Home renamed to Hard Drive, opens in Documents
mounted drives to automatically appear on the desktop

The only icons on the desktop should be:  Computer, Start Here, Trash, 
Hard 
Drive (pointing to Documents), any other mounted drives, OpenOffice, 
and 
GnuCash. 

The only icons on the taskbar should be:  Main Menu, Mozilla, Mozilla 
Mail, 
Red Hat Network, and Clock.


		
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