[html81993]

I have been looking around at many of the distros out there right now. I like some features of some of them (programs), but none have everything that I want. How can I make my own Linux (from the 2.6.16.60 kernel from http://www.kernel.org) with programs that I want and need on a Linux system? Also, how can I make it LiveCD so I could check for bugs?

[TerryNet]

If you're going to start at the source level, you'll probably learn how to make a LiveCD by the time you make your source changes and compile and build, etc.

Are you sure that you need to go to that level? You mention programs; are there really all that many programs that only run with certain Linux distributions?

I've been playing with Ubuntu 8.04 (and a briefer look at Kubuntu) for only a short while and reading some about it and it seems that if I want I can download and install pretty much anything that's been developed for Linux.

[html81993]

I know that there are lots of distros with a lot of different features, but I want to put together a distro that fits all of my needs straight from the CD instead of having to download and install everything.

EDIT: I guess what I am trying to ask is if I could add information to an already existing iso file so that it has what I need.

[saikee]

Of course you could add information to an already existing iso file so that it has what you need.

Just use the command "mkisofs" to turn your Linux filing system tree into an iso and burn it into a DVD.

You may need to execute mkisofs command external to the Linux so just use any Live CD. Read the man page of mkisofs command. The Grub Manual also has a good example how to burn Grub (just a single file in this case) into a CD. The step 5 of this thread also has an example on how to make an iso for combining 7 Linux together.

In Linux you can do pretty much what you want.