Ubuntu derivatives : howto ?

[Lloyd D Budd]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:21:41 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum
<lucas at lucas-nussbaum.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 09:34:06AM -0800, Lloyd D Budd <foolswisdom at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > - Warty's installer can't resize Windows partitions during installation.
> > >   100% of our "customers" need to resize a Windows partition before
> > >   installing. And asking them to use third-party software (Knoppix,
> > >   Partition Magic) is not acceptable : they are mostly computer newbies,
> > >   and installing GNU/Linux is already a big enough challenge.
> >
> > Working in getting the required functionality integrated into Ubuntu
> > seems like a good approach to this one .
> 
> It doesn't remove the need to understand how to build custom ISOs.
Agreed .  I am trying to understand the relationship of the points .

In 
Subject: Re: gnuLinex and Ubuntu cooperation, Linux Component Model
From: Jeff Waugh <jeff.waugh at canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:55:40 +1100

>> Maybe CL is the right way to do zero effort custom distro in Ubuntu?
JW> [I take it by CL we are discussing http://componentizedlinux.org/ ]

JW> We've specifically avoided the CL method so far - you'll see more 
JW> about our tools for deriving from Ubuntu over the coming months.

Maybe we can learn more sooner than later ;-)


> But getting the Windows partition resizing into Ubuntu is easy : just
> backport the changes from Debian's installer, which does it.
I like "was easy" over "is easy" ;-)

> Problem is, doing Mandrake's QA work
> until hoary looks like Hell to me.
Sorry , I do not understand what you mean here . ?

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Peace be in you ,
Lloyd D Budd