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Old 02-16-2004, 12:53 AM   #1
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customizing Linux


Can anybody tell me how to customize linux according to needs?
any archives that can provide more information about this?
bye,
Eshwar.
 
Old 02-16-2004, 02:29 AM   #2
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you mean while installing linux, compiling the kernel or do you want some features that are not in the kernel but you want ?

installation part is easy, as the installation is pretty interactive,

the kernel compilation part is also pretty simple:
you can do it pretty easily by doing make config,(text mode);
make menuconfig(curses based) or make xconfig(gtk based guis)
and then pick out the features you want and remove the ones you dont want

i hope this is what you were looking for..
cos if you are looking at the customisation at the code level, ie you want the kernel to have you spl. code, then you'd have to know a lot of C(depending on the complexity of your feature ), and the kernel code, as in where is what...

hope this helped

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Old 02-16-2004, 03:06 AM   #3
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thank you mr shir shir
thats what i am looking for.
once again
Thanks.
 
Old 02-16-2004, 04:35 PM   #4
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there's also make gconfig now which is GTK2
 
  


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