Remastering Ubuntu (Editing Gnome)

[shuaibe]

Hi

I have found a nice HowTo on Remastering Ubuntu [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization ]. But Iam still very unsure that how shall I customize the usplash, theme, menus,logos,etc such that installing from the new CD would have my customize enviroment. any suggestions ?

Thanks

[MarlonNelson]

I think you may find Reconstructor (http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/) useful.
http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/
I tried it out and it worked pretty good. It was a bit scary, though, running the product as root.

I'm trying to do something similar. I want to create a custom version of Ubuntu that has a link to a video on the desktop. So I used Reconstructor (http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/) to free up a bunch of space (the video is 100+MB) and then copied the video into /usr/share but I can't figure out how to add a link to it from the user's desktop, like the examples folder that normally shows up.

I've been searching & googling and doing a lot of investigation and learned a bit about the Ubuntu CD and other Live CDs. But I haven't been able figure out how add the link. There's probably some dpkg command I need to run or some package I need to tinker with.

Anyways, Reconstructor (http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/) is the best thing I've found so far. It seems to automate the steps you find in the various HOWTOs (e.g. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization).

I hope this helps. Good Luck... I'm gonna keep looking for my solution.

Update:
The Reconstructor forums (http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&Itemid=44) have been very helpful. I just need to add the link to /etc/skel.