Nikumba, sounds to me like you're currently much more comfortable using Windows than you are using Linux. Not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing, it's just how your post comes across.
Now, with that in mind, it seems that your comment about using VLite suggests that you know how to do something in Windows but not in Linux. I'm not familiar with what VLite is, but I'm guessing it allows you to bastardize the original Windows installation CD to create an easier installation path, with all required drivers and 3rd party applications pre-installed. If this is correct, then there is an equivalent product in Linux called Remastersys which allows you to do pretty much the same thing. I've got no experience of using VLite so I can't comment on how easy or difficult it is to use, but I find it hard to believe it's easier than using Remastersys - to create your personalised distro you simply call the following command:
Sure, if you want to delve further into it, Remastersys offers you much more control via a wealth of options, but the command above can be used on its own to do what I understand you've been doing using VLite and a bunch of scripts.
Similarly, you may need to crawl multiple sites if you encounter a problem with Linux... but that's indicative of your level of experience with Linux, which will differ from mine, or my wife, or your boss, or Linus Torvalds, or Bill Gates, etc... I'm sure that when you started using Windows you were as much in the dark with it as you currently are with Linux - nobody knows how to use an OS without learning stuff first (sometimes the hard way), and that goes for Windows, Linux, OS X, OS/400, CP/M, etc...
Now, with that in mind, it seems that your comment about using VLite suggests that you know how to do something in Windows but not in Linux. I'm not familiar with what VLite is, but I'm guessing it allows you to bastardize the original Windows installation CD to create an easier installation path, with all required drivers and 3rd party applications pre-installed. If this is correct, then there is an equivalent product in Linux called Remastersys which allows you to do pretty much the same thing. I've got no experience of using VLite so I can't comment on how easy or difficult it is to use, but I find it hard to believe it's easier than using Remastersys - to create your personalised distro you simply call the following command:
Code:
sudo remastersys backup MyCustomDistro.iso
Sure, if you want to delve further into it, Remastersys offers you much more control via a wealth of options, but the command above can be used on its own to do what I understand you've been doing using VLite and a bunch of scripts.
Similarly, you may need to crawl multiple sites if you encounter a problem with Linux... but that's indicative of your level of experience with Linux, which will differ from mine, or my wife, or your boss, or Linus Torvalds, or Bill Gates, etc... I'm sure that when you started using Windows you were as much in the dark with it as you currently are with Linux - nobody knows how to use an OS without learning stuff first (sometimes the hard way), and that goes for Windows, Linux, OS X, OS/400, CP/M, etc...
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