Although Red Hat sticks by a six to twelve month release cycle for its Fedora Core Project the number of FOSS advancements made in that short period is simply staggering. With the huge number of updates that roll out for Fedora is simply jaw dropping as since Fedora Core 4's release earlier this year there has been a staggering amount of updates from SELinux to ALSA. In fact right now on their FTP server alone is over 839 RPM updates for a single architecture. With the number of Fedora fresh installs we perform on a weekly basis using all sorts of hardware, and with Fedora Core 5 not being scheduled for release until at least February of 2006, we have begun to work on optimizing the FC4 build to provide for local install CDs that are up-to-date when it comes to all of the packages as well as including some Fedora extras in the stock install and Phoronix additions. Although the fundamentals for re-mastering the CD and simply changing around packages and modifying a file here and there are relatively easy, this project would not be recommended for the novice GNU/Linux user. We will keep this guide short and sweet, and not provide all of the standard steps that are needed, simply providing the guidelines for customizing the Fedora Core 4 install as they have changed slightly since previous Fedora Core revisions and even the old versions of Red Hat.

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