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NewsForge: Creating a Custom Live CD with Slax

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 17, 2005

“Live CDs can be useful for testing an operating system or
performing special operations–assuming there’s a live CD distro
that does what you need. Unfortunately, if you are running a
special application, especially one you wrote yourself, no live CD
will be tailored exactly to your needs. But creating you own live
CD is easier than you might think, with Slax and its easy
customization utility MySlax Creator.

“I work in an international company that produces more than 100
million small metal parts per day. We need to prove to our
customers that we are keeping our tolerances tight and our
processes under control…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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