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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

2014-05-28 21:18, Jörn Schönyan skrev:
> Am Mittwoch, 28. Mai 2014, 21:10:30 schrieben Sie:
>> 2014-05-28 21:04, Jörn Schönyan skrev:
>>> Am Mittwoch, 28. Mai 2014, 20:23:22 schrieb Nio Wiklund:
>>>> 2014-05-28 15:47, Jörn Schönyan skrev:
>>>>> Hello team!
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to share the current results. Ali and the Ubuntu GNOME team gave
>>>>> me
>>>>> a lot of help for this. As for now, I have modified a script from Ubuntu
>>>>> GNOME before they went an  official flavour. You can download it from my
>>>>> Google drive:
>>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5KBmyjlQESwRGFYNEhsN3FPLVk/edit?usp=sh
>>>>> a
>>>>> ring
>>>>>
>>>>> Most things are commented or self-explanatory. You need the original
>>>>> Ubuntu
>>>>> iso for this (mostly for conf files and needed .debs that are on it).
>>>>>
>>>>> Run it, for example with:
>>>>>
>>>>> sh live-cd-script.sh customize i386 ubuntu-14.04-desktop-i386.iso
>>>>>
>>>>> That assumes that the Ubuntu iso is in the same directory. Just to
>>>>> mention,
>>>>> only JWM will start, nothing else (Wicd, Rox-Filer for the desktop
>>>>> background). For this, we need some JWM configs. With that you are able
>>>>> to
>>>>> experiment. It is actually based on 14.04, for 12.04 some things are
>>>>> different - but no big magic. Now, just some thoughts:
>>>>>
>>>>> * 14.04 would be (in my view) a better way to start. For example, JWM in
>>>>> 12.04 is unsupported. The same for Rox-Filer and other stuff. In 14.04,
>>>>> we don't have to care about that, at least for a bit more than one year
>>>>> from now. After that we have to fix that stuff ourself.
>>>>>
>>>>> * Is someone able to create a Plymouth theme? There are also needed:
>>>>> some
>>>>> replacement pictures for Grub2, a desktop wallpaper.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your time, mates!
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jörn,
>>>>
>>>> I'll have a loooong look at this.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>> Nio
>>>
>>> Hi Nio, if you have any questions feel free to ask :D
>>>
>>> I forgot to mention, for me it takes 1-2 hours to remaster the iso (Core
>>> i5, third generation with 8GB RAM).
>>>
>>> Regards, Jörn
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 1. Will this system stay within its directory tree, or will things go
>> outside it? In other words, should I do it in a separate OS (in a
>> multi-boot computer, or can it be done in a general purpose OS?
> Yes, it will. You can make a directory "ToriOS", place the uncompressed files 
> and the original Ubuntu iso in it and run the command an everything will stay 
> in that folder.
>> 2. Is there any manual intervention when running the scripts? Or should
>> I prepare everything before starting it, and it runs until finish as a
>> batch job?
> In a clean environment everything works automatically. So just don't forget
> 
> sh live-cd-script.sh clean i386
> 
> if you want to retry. Just to mention, you need to be root for everything the 
> script does. You also need to install squashfs-tools, genisoimage, debootstrap 
> and lzma (if I didn't forget anything). I am also running it on my normal 
> production machine.
>> Best regards
>> Nio
> 

Thanks a lot!
I have no more questions now.
Best regards
Nio