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Install Theme
I have created theme as you wanted with faded ubuntu ( moreover I have added animation of ubuntu logo. Hope you'd like it :-P )
Screenshot
Want to see it live ?
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPo50gM3txU
Where to Get this theme ?
I have uploaded it to Mediafire cloud HERE
How to install it ?
Download from the above link and save ...
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Here's my two cents about this:
You can try to change the name of the distribution but be careful, if you change something wrong, you might encounter problems while installing or later when you will use it. But if your absolutely need to change it here's what you can try:
The two you provided are correct (you can also update /etc/issue.net just to be ...
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Short answer:
There is no difference. Alestic.com simply lists the same Ubuntu AMIs as ubuntu.com, and those AMIs are published by Canonical, not by me.
Long answer:
I publish the web site http://Alestic.com
I used to publish unofficial Ubuntu AMIs under the name "alestic", primarily in 2007-2009 (Ubuntu ). I worked with Canonical to transfer this work ...
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32 bits DVD download (3.9 Gb) and 64 bits DVD download (3.9 Gb) are the dvd downloads. This listing shows the content of the dvd and should have all the packages you need.
If you want to make your own CD/DVD with all the packages specifically mentioned in your question you need to make it yourself. Luckily for you I posted an answer on that: How to ...
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It means that Ubuntu developers took Debian, added their tweaks and changes and called this Ubuntu. In turn, gNewSense developers took Ubuntu, added their tweaks and changes and called this "gNewSense". You or me, in turn, can take gNewSense, add something new and make another distribution.
Al of them - Debian, Ubuntu and gNewSense - are Linux ...
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The OEM Install
The OEM install allows machine by machine customization.
It does not create an ISO image, but customizes a single machine.
Customization is done at the stage of installation.
Advantages
Do not require a custom iso.
Each machines can have different customization.
Suitable for small number of customized machines, each with its own
set of ...
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The 30MB minimal ISO mini.iso is NOT a minimal Live-CD; it's a minimal net-install CD, and I don't think it's possible to customize it in the way you want. You need to start with a minimal Live-CD such as Ubuntu Mini Remix, which can be customized using the Ubuntu Customization Kit and other utilities. Please see this excellent answer from @Mitch to a ...
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Using ubuntu-defaults-builder, you can make your original iso image including update packages.
Step1. Install ubuntu-defaults-builder
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-defaults-builder
Step2. Making Template
ubuntu-defaults-template ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386
This command makes directory named ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386 within several files and some folders.
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I suggest something else. You can create your custom ISO with some tools. Remastersys is one of them: http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/
There is a simple howto:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/creating-custom-ubuntu-live-cd-with-remastersys.html
Also, Relinux is another project:
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Archive the installation with something like FSArchiver and save that on an USB disk or network share or something, and then write the filesystem back to the disks on the 4 machines. A good tool for this is the SystemRescueCD.
After that change whatever you want to change on the systems. (There ways to automate this sort of thing, but it's probably more ...
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Yes you could, but it would be a lot of work.
If you're not a fan of Gnome, have you tried taking a look at the other distributions based on Ubuntu?
Kubuntu
Xubuntu
Lubuntu
All the others can be viewed here
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I encountered the problem you had, and I found the solution.
Your personal menu settings is stored in :
~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu
and your personal panel settings is stored in :
~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
And the system-wide settings are stored in the locations below :
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Have you tried Remastersys?
A small excerpt about what you can do with this tool:
Remastersys is a tool that can be used to do 2 things with an existing Klikit or Ubuntu or derivative installation.It can make a full system backup including personal data to a live cd or dvd that you can use anywhere and install. It can make a distributable copy you can ...
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Use Plymouth Manager to change this. You can get it from here: Launchpad link
wget https://launchpad.net/plymouth-manager/trunk/stable/+download/plymouth-manager_1.5.0-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i plymouth-manager_1.5.0-1_all.deb
After that launch plymouth-manager with the command:
sudo plymouth-manager
The "magic" command if you want to do all ...
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Looks like you didn't define a default gateway, you need to use:
d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.1
Of course the ip address in the above command is just a guest, you should adjust it to the correct gateway of your network.
I can't test it, but it's very likely that you will need this too:
d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.1
d-i ...
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I have changed the GRUB screen with the GRUB Customizer software. But if you want to change the Plymouth screen it's different.
All the things of this software is in the /lib/plymouth/themes directory and all the animation of this one is in the /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.script file.
If you want to modify to your liking Plymouth, all you ...
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There is a page in the Community Documentation on this topic. Newer kernels like the quantal kernel are available in 12.04 as packages, so this should also work. Please note that you very likely do not have the rights to release your custom spin under the Ubuntu brand on the internet and you shouldn't do so in the first place.
What do you mean by ...
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With helpful pointers from @CallmeV, I have found a solution.
Within the preseed/early_command script, you can setup a debconf error template and force an unlimited loop to prevent any further progress through the installer.
if [ ! -f /target/path/to/file.gz ]; then
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
cat > /tmp/Notification.template <<'!EOF!'
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APTonCD may help you. Check my related answer about a similar question:
Its a tool that scans your APT-installed packages and build a list for you. You can then manually select/deselect the ones you want, save the list, and it can even download/use cache to save selected packages in a CD/folder (for an offline automatic install of currently installed apps)
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I had the same problem. Here is my solution:
Before you remaster install grub on the system to be remastered. Somehow grub is not installed. grub-pc is installed. Install grub from synaptic. This will replace grub-pc.
Now remaster your system. It should work without a problem after this.
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I would have a couple of recommendations, the first being on the security side;
Goto http://www.cisecurity.org/ and download the security guide for Debian and ensure the system has been hardened according to the guide.
For physical systems, goto http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys to create a customized version of Ubuntu based on your build ...
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There is Remastersys: here
It allows you to make a DVD from your installed system. The link I provided will give you all the instructions you need in detail.
You could also save a package list (really easy if you have apt://synaptic installed). (You can do it from the first menu).
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In general, the answer is yes, and depending on what you know about building a live system or even a bootable CD you can call it "horribly complex" or "pretty easy".
The issue is that the liveCD / CD installer must be usable on just any piece of hardware. It needs to check the hardware, recognize it, and select the appropriate drivers, and then produce the ...
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Before you Remaster your Distro. Open up the file called
/home/{USER_NAME}/.config/user-dirs.dirs
Replac {USER_NAME} with your user name, for example : /home/amit/.config/user-dirs.dirs
Check out all folder places are typed like this following file, if needed edit as shown in picture below
If the desire folder is not typed and left blank type it as ...
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I'd recommend Lubuntu.
What is Lubuntu?
Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu based on the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE), as its default GUI. The goal is to provide a very lightweight distribution, with all the advantages of the Ubuntu world (repositories, support, etc.). Lubuntu is targeted at "normal" PC and laptop users running on low-spec ...
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Your best shot is imaging software like Clonezilla or FSArchiver. They'll make sure you get the exact copy of the source OS.
Another neat way is TAR Backup, but you'll have to fix UUIDs are reinstall Grub.
In case you prefer the manual way, as outlined in the question, then copying the home folder will take care of dconf and gconf.
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What about your task makes you need to use an .iso? If you want to install Kde you can install the package:
kubuntu-desktop
This can be done via:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
After this has installed logout and select Kubuntu or Kde or something like that from the list of desktop next to your name where you enter your password.
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Have you looked at "Ubuntu Builder". Check it out here "Ubuntu Builder is a simple tool to build your own distribution. It allows to download, extract, customize in many ways and rebuild your ubuntu images. You can customize i386 and amd64 image"
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