[plug] Can anyone recommend resources (local and online) for developing a Linux SOE ?

Thu Mar 31 19:20:53 AWST 2022

I used to make customised Ubuntu ISOs many years ago. The tool I used was
called UCK. Ubuntu Customization Kit.
Not sure if it's still around. You can basically customize the install
process using the Debian preseed method.
Could be worth a look.

On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 18:58, Euan de Kock <euan at dekock.net> wrote:

> On the RedHat front, they also have some interesting Fedora spins that
> might be worth a look, Fedora Silver Blue, which is an immutable desktop
> version and Fedora coreos which is a minimal container version.
>
> Regards,
>
> Euan
>
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 17:16 Dean Bergin, <dean.bergin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dare I say it. Red Hat
>>
>> Red Hat offer commercial support and their distros are catered to
>> customisations and they have some tooling around it as well I think.
>> You could probably get away with using their tooling and CentOS to make a
>> pretty decent "image" that can be deployed on a variety of platforms.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Regards,Dean Bergin*
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 15:11, Euan de Kock <euan at dekock.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, No worries re the acronym.
>>>
>>> A lot depends on what you're trying to do.
>>>
>>> If its a "device", like an IoT box, maybe look at a Raspberry Pi with
>>> it's own version of Debain (Raspian). Another option - both on a Pi or on
>>> X86 hardware would be OpenWRT, it's got a nice configurable web interface
>>> and although designed as a router it can be pretty flexible and has good
>>> support for running additional apps as docker images.
>>>
>>> For a user facing X86 PC, pretty much any of the mainstream variants
>>> would work - my daily drive is Fedora, but Debain is pretty popular amongst
>>> the PLUG community and would get a lot of support feedback here.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Euan.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 3:02 PM Sen ectus <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry yes you're right:
>>>> SOE Standard Operating Environment
>>>>
>>>> Debian probably., I want to make a simple repeatable linux "gold Image"
>>>> configuration to deploy a bunch of devices that have been pre patched and
>>>> hardened and where possible configured.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 14:52, Euan de Kock <euan at dekock.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What do you mean by SOE? Sorry, uncontextualized acronyms are hard to
>>>>> understand.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Euan
>>>>>
>>>>> AcronymDefinition
>>>>> SOE Special Operations Executive *(World War II; UK)*
>>>>> SOE Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
>>>>> SOE State of the Environment *(AU)*
>>>>> SOE Special Operations Executive
>>>>> *(British organisation responsible for training and coordinating the operations of partisan groups in occupied countries, WWII)*
>>>>> SOE Scope of Employment
>>>>> SOE School of Education
>>>>> SOE School of Engineering
>>>>> SOE Spirit of Excellence *(various organizations)*
>>>>> SOE System of Entry
>>>>> SOE Sale of Equipment
>>>>> SOE Supervisor of Elections
>>>>> SOE Society of Engineers *(various locations)*
>>>>> SOE State-Owned Enterprise
>>>>> SOE Spirit of Enterprise *(various locations)*
>>>>> SOE Status of Eligibility *(Florida)*
>>>>> SOE Special Operation Equipment
>>>>> SOE Standard Operating Environment
>>>>> SOE Section of Epidemiology *(various organizations)*
>>>>> SOE Spirit of Elijah
>>>>> SOE State of Emergency *(game and game term)*
>>>>> SOE Sequence Of Events
>>>>> SOE Sound over Ethernet
>>>>> SOE Serial over Ethernet
>>>>> SOE Solaris Operating Environment
>>>>> SOE Symbol of Excellence
>>>>> SOE Standards of Evidence
>>>>> SOE Svenska Offroad Entusiasterna *(Swedish forum)*
>>>>> SOE School of Evangelism
>>>>> *(Youth with a Mission secondary training school)*
>>>>> SOE Schedule Of Events
>>>>> SOE Society of Operations Engineers
>>>>> SOE Standards of Excellence
>>>>> SOE Secret Operations Executive *(UK)*
>>>>> SOE Sisters of Elune *(role-playing)*
>>>>> SOE Secret of Evermore *(video game)*
>>>>> SOE System Operational Effectiveness *(US DoD)*
>>>>> SOE Statement of Expenditure
>>>>> SOE Small Open Economy *(market model)*
>>>>> SOE Secretary of Energy *(sometimes seen as 'S of E')*
>>>>> SOE Small Office Edition
>>>>> SOE Server Operating Environment *(computing)*
>>>>> SOE Sum of Exponentials *(mathematics)*
>>>>> SOE Splicing-by-Overlap Extension
>>>>> SOE Special Ops Edition *(OCZ Technology)*
>>>>> SOE Sega of Europe
>>>>> SOE Socially Owned Enterprise
>>>>> SOE Scroll of Escape *(Lineage 2 game)*
>>>>> SOE Support of Excavation *(construction)*
>>>>> SOE Sales Order Entry
>>>>> SOE Sindicat Occitan de l'Educacion *(French education union)*
>>>>> SOE Senior Officials Exercise
>>>>> SOE Service Order Entry
>>>>> SOE Strength of Earth Totem *(gaming, World of Warcraft)*
>>>>> SOE Safe Operating Envelope
>>>>> SOE Soldiers of Europe *(gaming clan)*
>>>>> SOE Standard Office Environment
>>>>> SOE Share of Expenditure *(finance)*
>>>>> SOE Subwavelength Optical Elements
>>>>> SOE Secondary Optical Element *(optics)*
>>>>> SOE Status Of Equipment
>>>>> SOE Stationary Operating Engineer *(facilities personnel)*
>>>>> SOE Software Operating Environment
>>>>> SOE Southern Ocean Exploration *(Melbourne, Australia)*
>>>>> SOE Small Operating Equipment
>>>>> SOE Shades of Elegance
>>>>> SOE Sum Of Errors
>>>>> SOE Standard Option Equipment
>>>>> SOE Submerged Operating Envelope *(submarine design)*
>>>>> SOE Short of Exchange
>>>>> SOE Synthetic Operational Environment
>>>>> SOE Sponsor Owned Equipment *(US Navy)*
>>>>> SOE Servodrive Profile over EtherCAT
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 12:58 PM Sen ectus <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not a big or overly experienced user of Linux (haven't touched it in
>>>>>> 20 years) but looking into the crystal ball than may change.
>>>>>> can anyone recommend some good online resources and maybe even
>>>>>> suggest commercial local resources for this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
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