It used to be the case that no linux newbie dare conquer making their own distro. Only those with enough experience, and those considered "gurus" that were able to handle such a task. Nowadays that perception has shifted. The amount of linux distros out there is growing exponentially, and many people adopting their own special derivatives of each distro. Most notably Debian and Ubuntu can be picked out of this crop. Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian, and many people these days make their own derivative of Ubuntu and distribute it themselves (ie Ubuntu Studio, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, & Edubuntu). Over the past few years there has been the development of several different projects that intend to speed up and and automate the backup/recovery of linux system as well as something that can take a snapshot of your setup and use it as a blueprint for your own linux distro. The tool that we will be using today is called Remastersys. It's a free and open-source program for Debian and Ubuntu-based systems. It's quite capable for building an entire backup-cd of your system, (all of your documents and files included) that you can run as a live-cd as well as reinstall the entire system from scratch! One of the other great features (which we will be showing you Today) is the ability remastersys has to make a customized live cd/dvd (a remaster) of your ubuntu system. That means it will save your plugins, installed programs, as well as removed programs , and create a distributable disc of the ...
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