Home Intranet Distro

Goals.

1. Quick install of a lamp server, and DNS server with a custom TLD (picked by the user at install time)
2. Have it include many web applications each with A record at the household TLD
3. Create a backup application that saves all custom configurations and files. This will probably amount to backing up the databases, and making sure all of the files are in the same directory
4. Have an easy restore for all custom configurations and files. Keep it consistent so that people can format and reinstall without fear
5. Modify all the applications to use a single sign on. Perhaps ldap is the answer for this. Or maybe have the initial page be a webbased proxy.. Or have it be a router/proxy to begin with. This will probably be the most difficult part. The backup system is more important.

torrent flux

first release will be 4 apps plus a cms for the homepage and links
I'll have to try out a few php based Calendars, and photo viewers, music players
main pages will be:

home.tld
torrent.tld
calendar.tld
photo.tld
music.tld

Step one will be to choose which apps will be included. GPL or more free license's will win out whenever possible.

step two will be to put together a frontend using whatever cms

step three will be to write a unified install script that installs and configures all of the apps, this may be tricky as each will have its own interface. hopefully it wont be more then modifying each database.

step four will be to do a debian net install and compile a list of all the packages needed to run the chosen apps

step five will be to figure out how to setup an apt repository, and mirror all the needed packages shouldn't be too hard.

Step six will be to come up with a name and a logo then brand as much as possible, technically and legally.

After those 6 steps are complete it should be ready for beta