“Novell has just announced the release of SUSE Studio 1.0 a user-friendly Web service that allows you to create your customized Linux distribution as a live CD, USB, Xen, or VMware image. Users have control over adding any repositories, packages, and files to the distribution. A new user can do the full creation and customization of the software appliance in roughly ten minutes. It also includes a Flash-based “test drive” service, which allows you to try out your appliance in a Web browser before downloading it.”