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melodie:
Either or I will believe you both. I fear there is no perfect method else than getting deep knowledge of the systems and make an install starting from a bootstrap in a chroot. (However I intend to try several methods with gui apps before declaring I am defeated... still working on the Ubuntu mini remix and Lubuntu these days).
Taco.22:
I've been running Remastersys reliably since the 3.0.0 version came out. However I tend to be a bit conservative in my build approach. So there are a few "rules" that I currently stick to because they work for me.
I don't use Ubuntu because they keep changing the goal posts, and Remastersys/fragadelic has a hard time keeping up. I stick to Debian, and Debian, boring though it may seem, stays still long enough that you can use it long term.
I also keep within the repos except for a couple of minor apps like Pytyle. I guess that was a lesson learned from the days at PCLOS - if you go outside the repo it's not supported. I'm not paranoid about it, but I have done my fair share of compiling programs from source on my computer and it only takes one little update to some insignificant lib somewhere and you're back into hair-pulling mode. I don't have a problem with private repos or PPAs.
I don't remaster in a virtual machine - full stop. It's always bare metal, and if that isn't around then I can use a usb stick with a full install. In fact that is how VillageBox is currently done - it's on a stick that gets stuck into the test rig which has six partitions on the hard drive!!
The thing to remember with Remastersys is that if you are doing a "dist" build then rule Number No:1 is paramount - everything you want to see on boot/install MUST be in /etc/skel. No ifs or buts. That will also mean that the live ISO will be in root mode when you boot, so there are no user names or root passwords.
I have to say that I find Remastersys easier to use than Mylivecd on PCLOS because I only have to make sure /etc/skel is good. In Mylivecd the live ISO came out of the user set up, and the install came out of /etc/skel - so you had two lots of config stuff to keep track of.
My quest since leaving PCLOS has been to find a distro that I can reliably remaster, and I have to say that the combination of Debian and Remastersys is certainly serving me well. However, as the saying goes, YMMV!
melodie:
I just found "rig, a slang term referring to a computer", source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig#Slang and now what is YMMV?
(my guess is that at the end of the present year I might have acquired a lot of new slang and specific English words!)
Thanks for your feedback. :)
About remastering Ubuntu, I have tried 2 tools so far, one for the project with Openbox and one on a project with Lubuntu : Remastersys in this case (I am at the beginning of the tests and research). And I will try a new tool soon for the Openbox only one. All is in bare metal too : adding a layer such as Virtualbox would not be a good idea, I agree with that because I think we don't know what goes on inside. Recently happened: I could not have internet connected in a vbox where I was testing the remaster : I finally found out Ubuntu does not like anymore when the vbox machine is in bridge mode; I switched back to "NAT" and that worked again at the following boots.
Taco.22:
--- Citation de: mélodie le 15 février 2013 à 11:43:23 ---I just found "rig, a slang term referring to a computer", source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig#Slang and now what is YMMV?
(my guess is that at the end of the present year I might have acquired a lot of new slang and specific English words!)
--- Fin de citation ---
Yep, I think you will be up there on Colloquial English - not a subject that the "best" schools teach!!
So, "rig" - my experience of that is through all the bad movies that Burt Reynolds and others made! A "rig" is the "tractor" or "primer-mover" part of a semi-trailer. No, actually it is the whole unit, all mover and shaker, all 18 wheels, except down here where they are a minimum of 24 wheels! Gee, you can really see how that became a slang term for a computer!! Anyway, I think the term "rig" came from that - but don't quote me!
Ah, now to YMMV - basically it means "Your Mileage May Vary". That is, it might work for you or it might not - depends. It means that it works for me, might not work for you, but then it works for a friend of yours! All depends! Now the object of the exercise is to get everyones base equal enough that everything "just works" - hopefully! But then again, YMMV!
And that right now should all be as clear as mud!!
melodie:
ah ha ! your millage! to mill is to grind ? wheat for example ? :)
fr: wheat, blé, mill, moudre, millage → mouture ! \o/ !
(millage of the linuxvillage... )
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