How to roll-your-own live CD for safe home browsing

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Published on 2010-03-02T20:37:16Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 9:31 UTC
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Hi,

I'm interested in booting-off-flash (i.e. like livecd) for more secure online banking at home.

-I like system rescue CD, but AFAIK it doesn't have the wifi drivers. (These are convenient)

-ubuntu live cd has the wi-fi drivers, but also has a lot of stuff I don't need

-I'd like a way to save some basic config settings (e.g. wifi SSID and passphrase), so that wifi works upon startup, i.e. without having to re-enter the settings.

What's the best way to 'roll my own slightly-customized boot-from-flash live cd?

thanks,

bill

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