Change default theme using remastersys

[ajparag]

hello frnds!
i want to try remastersys and make a ubuntu version of my own. i want to know from u guys whether the default theme can be modified using remastersys and if yes, how?
is there any other way v can do it and make a liveCD of it? plz help

thanks in advance!

[kr0m3]

yes, it can be modified.
yes, there are directions;
http://loscompanion.com/forums/
(although the author, fragadelic, has branched off to his own forums at this point, the archive of posts at the klikit forum above will be a great start)

you will have to clean out just about everything (OOo, etc) to keep your ISO under 4GB.

Advice: start from Hardy, nothing later.
Once you have created a username at the klikit forums, look specifically for a couple of threads:

http://loscompanion.com/forums/index.php?topic=5928.0
and
http://loscompanion.com/forums/index.php?topic=5552.0

these helped me in the beginning...

be prepared to make a couple of "Virtual Coasters", it's a trial and error process for sure. With that in mind, you may want to install virtualbox and test out your images before committing them to DVD.

good luck
~k

[ajparag]

thanks...
but m not able to register at kilkit...
kindly help!
also i want to create a liveCD...using remastersys or reconstructor tht can be done easily but wot u r suggesting seems very difficult...
plz explain

[kr0m3]

not really sure what you mean by not being able to register at klikit, but if that is the case, go to remastersys' forums themselves and search their posts for what you need.
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creating a liveCD is creating a liveCD. you really can't get any easier than remastersys, to be honest. remastersys simply automates the seriously detailed process for you.

i said to remove excess packages and clean out your system so that your resulting ISO image is below 4GB. This isn't a limitation of remastersys, it is a limitation on the process (regardless of how you do it).

In other words, don't expect to install all of your favorite programs and wallpapers and sounds and whatever else and then make a bootable ISO image. It will be too big. Clean out every damn thing that you can think of (the links I posted for you have instructions on that...) and stick to exactly what you need.

i told you to start from a system running Hardy (as opposed to Intrepid or later) because of fundamental changes in the OS and the problems that it seems to cause with remastersys.

a "virtual coaster" is a cd burn that is screwed up. trash. in other words, use it as a drink coaster.

:)

i told you to build your system inside of virtualbox (open-source vmware) so that you could go through a lot of the painful trial and error without constantly screwing up your machine.

if any of these terms or technologies are unfamiliar, google is your friend. also, you may have much better results asking your questions at a remastersys forum.

good luck
~k

[ajparag]

thanks a lot!
i really appreciate ur advise and may be u will soon see my version of ubuntu on the net...
thank u

[sumeshgupta]

Try this site if it helps:

http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/capink.html

[drewsus]

yes, it can be modified.
yes, there are directions;
http://loscompanion.com/forums/
(although the author, fragadelic, has branched off to his own forums at this point, the archive of posts at the klikit forum above will be a great start)

you will have to clean out just about everything (OOo, etc) to keep your ISO under 4GB.

Advice: start from Hardy, nothing later.
Once you have created a username at the klikit forums, look specifically for a couple of threads:

http://loscompanion.com/forums/index.php?topic=5928.0
and
http://loscompanion.com/forums/index.php?topic=5552.0

these helped me in the beginning...

be prepared to make a couple of "Virtual Coasters", it's a trial and error process for sure. With that in mind, you may want to install virtualbox and test out your images before committing them to DVD.

good luck
~k

yeah, those forums are closed for registration