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Idea #432: GUI for easy remastering

Written by corenominal the 29 Feb 08 at 01:48. Category: Others. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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As I understand it, many users have multiple systems on which they run Ubuntu. Due to the nature of Ubuntu/Linux and the way in which it is easily customisable, I think it would be a good idea to create a GUI application to easily remaster Ubuntu with user specific customisations.

An easy to use application designed to achieve this would save users, like myself, from having to customise each installation individually. The customisations could be made once, burned to disc and then installed on any number of machines. This would save users a huge amount of time and could also benefit organisations wanting to install their own customised version of Ubuntu.

Note: scripts [such as remastersys] already exist and they will help to achieve this; however, they can be quite buggy and require the user to have a good understanding of the scripting language and the inner working of Ubuntu. I wouldn't consider them very user friendly.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #432
Written by corenominal the 29 Feb 08 at 01:48.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #432 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Estesark wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:30
This is a similar, but not identical idea to http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/79/

tj wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 10:43
I think the idea of remastering official Ubuntu images is flawed. Instead, look at my proposal over here: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1235/


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