Making A Linux Distribution

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Hey everyone.

So for a long time I've been wanting to make my own Linux distribution but had no idea where to start. I can see it being close to impossible to start from scratch so I was planing on just editing something like Ubuntu or something like that?

But I don't know where to start, how to go about actually doing it, what programming language to use and everything. Even though I love Linux and use it a bit I really know nothing under the shiny surface of Ubuntu, I mostly use Windows because I can edit that and change it really easy and VB.net is so easy to use. But I am hoping to make what would mostly be Ubuntu but for start just change the whole look and feel of it and after a while and getting better changing more detailed things and then making an actual installer for CD/DVD or USB on boot.

Thanks for your time

You want remastersys to do this with distros that use the .deb package system.

Personally I have grown to dislike any of the Ubuntu variants, and think that you might have more success by basing anything you want to do off of Debian Stable. This is what I've been using since June, and think that it's a big step up from basic Debian Squeeze. --The main Developer started with it after quitting from developing LinuxMint.

Why not just start with a barebones distro like Arch or Gentoo and set things up exactly how you want instead of creating your own distro? The last thing the FOSS community needs is yet another Linux distro.

If you have do installing on a major basis, such as inhouse installs at a company, or even at a computer shop, it can be a good thing to remaster your own version of Linux to ensure that you are supplying a functional environment for the targeted group of end users. --You don't necessarily have to compete head to head in a network environment with the likes of Ubuntu, Debian, etc. until you have a well established user base, then go from there.

This might help you out. I'd suggest building something from scratch as a learning tool before you undertake attempting to make your project into a distribution.

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

^ Seconded. If you want to cut your own distro because you want to know how the pieces all work, there's no better way than to literally build everything from sources and drop them one-by-one into an empty filesystem.