How would I go about making my own live Cd / install disc

[RedSquirrel]

I've always thought it would be neat to setup linux the way I want it, install certain apps etc... then take a "snapshot" and be able to make it into a live CD or even an installer. I could gather a bunch of useful tools and make a rescue CD, for example. Maybe even custom code a GUI to go with it. (never did GUI coding in Linux before, but I want to learn eventually) How hard would this be to do?

[mgpaulus]

Start with one of the liveCD distros, see what they say in their readme about how to modify/update their CD and go from there. I use Knoppix on a USB key as my rescue disk.

Ubunutu LiveCD
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
Knoppix LiveCD
http://www.knoppix.net/

[n0cmonkey]

I think fedora and ubuntu have "remixers" or something now for doing just that.

[RedSquirrel]

Cool so from the sounds of it it sounds fairly doable. I'll read up on what each distro has to offer.

[Nothinman]

Debian has live-helper and live-magic for this too.