Create Your Own Operation System: How to Remaster Ubuntu/Linux Mint/Dreamlinux/PCLinuxOS

Updated Oct. 15, 2008
I always make my own OS. The tools I am using to create Live-cd/Install CD are:

Remastersys for Ubuntu 8.04

1. download the Remastersys.
http://www.remastersys.klikit-linux.com/repository/remastersys/

2. Modify remastersys

sudo gedit /etc/remastersys.conf

3. After remastersys is installed you need to open your terminal. Run the next command as root,
sudo remastersys-gui

http://www.remastersys.klikit-linux.com/

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The following are old post.

MKDistro tool, a Dreamlinux Feature Tool (For Debian based Linux)

Open a terminal and go to the directory into which you have decompressed the mkdistro2.0.tar.gz and execute the mkdistro.sh script (./mkdistro.sh or sh mkdistro.sh).

See also:
Use Dreamlinux MKDistro tool to remaster Ubuntu
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=231242

Dreamlinux website
http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/gledition/liveremaster.html

Download MKDistro tool
http://www.epron.com.br/downloads/mkdistro/

I like certain features of Dreamlinu, but it does not support Chinese. It even does not have Chinese fonts installed. The remaster tool is great but it will take long time to customize it.

Remasersys for Linux Mint (Can be used for Ubuntu)

See here:
http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2072

This is a great tool for remaster Ubuntu 7.04 live-cd (the original live-cd is required during re-mastering). I use it to backup my Ubuntu server.

PCLinuxOS feature tool: remasterme

With this, I created a DVD for students, a CD version for old PC without DVD. All OS I created are able to display and input CJK.

Use Slax 6 to remaster Slackware 12

AttachmentSize
mkdistro-2.5.tar.gz27.42 KB
remastersys_2.0-7_all.deb151.1 KB