UBLinux Technical Documentation

On this page you will find technical documentation regarding the creation of UBLinux 4. Send comments and questions to ublinux-support@buffalo.edu.

If you are an end-user looking for documentation on how to use UBLinux, please visit http://www.ubit.buffalo.edu/linux/.

The Distribution

• Creating UBLinux
1. DRAFT UBLinux 4 Build Guide
2. Selecting Packages
3. Creating the Distribution
4. Editing the Boot Disk
5. Customizing Anaconda
6. Creating the Kickstart
7. Making the ISOs
• Kickstart Files
  • For ResNet/DHCP Networking
  • For no network configuration
• Changelog
• Build notes & archived files
• Setting File Associations

RPMs and Menus

• Creating a simple Binary RPM
  • our spec files
• Adding a menu to the RedHat Gnome Panel
• Creating a Menu item

Kerberos

• Kerberos Notes (UB-specific)

Software

• Building Mulberry (DCE Protected, Restricted Access)
• Setting up the JDE for Emacs
• Building the MPlayer media player

GPG

• CIT Linux Public GPG Key
• GPG Key Information (DCE Protected, Restricted Access)

Red Hat Network (RHN)

• RHN Administration

Other University-customized Distributions

• Linux@DUKE [Duke University]
• RealmLinux [North Carolina State University]

Related Resources

• Hacking RedHat Kickstart
• build_distro scripts
  • The scripts themselves are mirrored here.
• RPM Websites (Google Directory)
• Red Hat Documentation

UBLinux Beta Testing

(IP-restricted to UB networks)

• Downloads
• Using and Configuring Yum
• Custom Software Repo for Ubuntu

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Last Modified 1/25/2008
Questions and commments to ublinux-support@buffalo.edu