Hey all,

I’d like to create a spin/(fork?) of Fedora, with some preconfigured settings (like config of Plasma), and include some packages and repos.

I’ve found something like an unattended installer but I’m not sure if that’s current advice.

Are there some helpful guides out there that might go through the process of doing this?

    • Matty_rOP
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      11 days ago

      Potentially, what are some of the limitations with just doing a kickstart file? What might I do otherwise if a kickstart file isn’t enough? Can I create an ISO with that on there which does the install for me?

      I’m pretty interested in seeing what I can do here, so appreciate the feedback.

      • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        A Kickstart file is like an answer file. You wouldn’t make your iso with it, instead you point the normal installation iso to it. You can give it users, partitions, rpms you want installed, and even make it run scripts. You might combine that with a tool like chezmoi to set things up for you. Really you’re only limited by your imagination at that point.

        If you really want to build your own image, there is also a tool for that. Image Builder does that using os-build and bootc. It even has a cockpit gui to help you build blueprints. This ability is constantly getting better. I think this is being developed into a replacement for Red Hat Satellite. It’s pretty old, but this article has some good info on it: https://fedoramagazine.org/introduction-to-image-builder/

        • Matty_rOP
          1·
          11 days ago

          Sweet, thanks. There are a lot of working parts to go into this it seems.

          Thanks for the info

          • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            10 days ago

            The Kickstart file is probably the easiest. It’s the traditional way of doing what I think you’re looking to do. The image builder route is the new way of doing it.