Make a Ubuntu variant with custom applications
 

I love Ubuntu which ever variant it may be. But these variants when run live contain some applications which are not needed by me so i have to run a dpkg install every time I do work in Live CD mode. I was thinking if this can be fixed. Ubuntu installs these applications and makes it a Live distribution after that. What if I could to the same trick to uninstall the applications I do not need and install the ones I need. After that pack it up to run live as if i were running the Ubuntu CD downloaded from their site just with applications of my need.
Previously I have tried the same thing with Remastersys but am not satisfied with the results. The look and feel of the thing changes along with a few controls.
Hoping to get a new way of doing the work.
Thanks

There are apparently other ways of making a custom Ubuntu live CD. There is Reconstructor and the Ubuntu Customization Kit:
http://geekyprojects.com/ubuntu/buil...ubuntu-livecd/
There is also a manual way of doing this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization
I have never tried any of these.
Remastersys seems to be the easiest way to go about customizing a live CD though.

Would like to highjack part of this thread so to speak.

Can I install several different kernels make an ISO with remastersys and be able to choose witch kernel to boot from the live cd?

I have used remastersys before with good and bad results ( wasted CD's LOL )


Thanks
Allan

I suppose it all depends on which kernels you wanted to use for which Ubuntu version. Ubuntu 11.04 ships with the 2.6.38 kernel. So any of the 2.6.38-x kernels should work ok for 11.04.
However, if you wanted to use some of the older Ubuntu 10.10 or 10.04 kernels on 11.04, you could possibly run into issues where the older kernels do not work with the newer xorg, gcc, or other important packages in 11.04.
So give it a try and find out. As long as you have at least one known working kernel installed you could feel free to experiment with other kernels.
The worst thing that could happen is that you waste a few more CDs, as well as some of your time. You would likely learn a few things in the process though.
You can get Ubuntu kernels as .deb packages from here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
So let us know how this turns out.