Features/SoaS Remixability

Summary

Build Your Own Soas Remix and Share your Custom.ks File on the wiki.

Owner

• Name: [| Thomas Gilliard]

• Email: satellit <at> bendbroadband <dot> com

Current status

• Targeted release: (Soas v4)
• Last updated: (07/27/2010)
• Percentage of completion: 100%

• Content of Instructions on how to build and required format for naming of remixes needs to be discussed and decided

Detailed Description

• Simplified instructions on how to compose or edit a kickstart file for Soas, how to install livecd-tools and spin-kickstarts, and how to enter the commands to create a custom remix.
• Request for feedback and e-mail with attachment of their working .ks file which we will post on the wiki. This will allow others to study and learn how to do it:

we plan to have a listing of Customized kickstart.files to share on the WIKI

We will list them here so others can try them out and learn from them.

Please send e-mail to:

To: soas@lists.sugarlabs.org
Subject: [Custom KS]-{Name of your kickstart file}
*Attach your Custom.ks file*
PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION in e-mail:
Sugar Version                    :                  
(0.82; 0.86.x; 0.88.x; 0.89.x)
Country / Deployment             :                      
Build system fedora version      :                    
Number of USB's in Deployment    :  
PC/Netbooks used                 :             
Notes and Any Bug No's submitted :

• Posted links to a Catalog of prebuilt remix.iso's, with a description of their use and contents, allows less skilled users to use them.

Benefit to Sugar

• Allows for great flexibility to customize Soas-v4 for Deployments and individuals.

• add/delete desired applications to standard set on .iso

• Targeted uses:

Multiple Language versions (Including EU Languages?)

e-book reader

Older students

Games

• Shared kickstart files e-mailed to SOAS and posted to wiki allow others to learn how to make a .ks file and try various remixes.
• Posted links to a Catalog of prebuilt remix.iso's, with a description of their use and contents, allows less skilled users to use them.

Scope

It works now. Instructions are written and method is tested.

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Features/Soas_V4/Install_Test_Table#Test_results

All a User has to do to implement this is to install livecd-tools and spin-kickstarts in their version of fedora:

su -c 'yum install livecd-tools spin-kickstarts'

• And follow provided instructions.

UI Design

N/A

How To Test

Sugar_Creation_Kit#Build_Your_Own_Remix_-.28not_included_on_SCK.DVD.29

Follow these instructions and burn resulting .iso to CD ant test it by Booting it.

User Experience

Wider choices for users of Soas-v4 due to ability to Customize.

Dependencies

None that I know of.

Contingency Plan

Not Needed

Documentation

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Build_Your_Own_Remix_-.28not_included_on_SCK.DVD.29

Release Notes

None Needed

Comments and Discussion

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