Building a Custom Distro with Kiwi
Building a Custom Distro with Kiwi
Learn how to build your own custom Linux distribution using SUSE's Kiwi tool. This video walks through the process of creating a custom live ISO using the Kiwi image building system.
What is Kiwi?
Kiwi is a powerful tool from SUSE that allows you to create customized Linux images, including:
- Live ISOs for bootable media
- Virtual machine images
- Container images
- Cloud images
- My distro source: https://bitbucket.org/hackersgame/chimeraos/
- Kiwi code examples: https://github.com/SUSE/kiwi-descriptions
- Kiwi documentation: https://opensource.suse.com/kiwi/building/build_live_iso.html
- Git repository: https://github.com/SUSE/kiwi-descriptions
- Pre-install specific software packages
- Configure the system exactly how you want it
- Create specialized environments for specific use cases
- Learn how Linux distributions are built
- Share customized systems with others
Resources
Why Build a Custom Distro?
Creating your own Linux distribution allows you to:
The Build Process
The video covers the practical steps of using Kiwi to build a bootable ISO from scratch, including configuration files and the build commands needed to produce a working image.