Revising Fedora Made Easy by Revisor

If you’ve been wondering if Linux distros, especially Fedora, could ever change the way it’s packaged then it’s time to try out Revisor.

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I read about Revisor on Tutorial: Build Your Own Linux Distro and it looks like a nifty tool for those who would want to help out their friends in figuring out what applications in Fedora are useful. This is great if you also want to help out your friends switch to Linux and you’ve got their needs in mind already.

Whether it’s for a netbook without an optical drive or an old machine with a CD-ROM drive and small RAM or a shiny new desktop with awesome specs, you could make a customized distro. Stuff you could customize include:

• Live Media or Standard Installer – choose if you’d rather have a live CD/USB stick
• Repository – where will the files be coming from?
• The software you’d like to install by default – from the desktop environment to the media player to the internet browser; whatever you or your friend might need
• root password, etc. – There might be a chance you’d need administrator access for stuff like installing applications, etc.

And you could use Revisor in the Fedora release you’re using. Whatever version you’re using that is the one that will be included in the CD/USB stick. And you have to make sure that you’ve got the latest patch for the release you’re using (if ever) to keep it up to date.