Ubuntu derivatives : howto ?

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 10:33:49AM -0800, Lloyd D Budd <foolswisdom at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 ;-)

I hope it will either be soon or somebody will take some time to explain
me the details.

> > 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" ;-)

Given infinite time, I could help you :-)

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

I was referring to my first mail :

> Why do I need this ? I'm member of a student union	which lend CDs to
> other students (to-be computer engineers). We mainly lend Mandrake and
> endure the consequences of this every week, because Ubuntu is not at
> all suited for our needs : [...] 
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