Thread: Custom carpc distro

rebuilt ubuntu and tested it out. Just as a test I kept gnome and removed openoffice and evolution. I added mplayer and some sdl libs and had a final .iso size of about 570mb. I've listed a few more things to remove as they are not needed.

I've started a forum for the project over at nanonymous.org for anyone that is interested in putting in there 2 cents or helping out with the development. I'll need some help with package removal scripts and additional packages users may want. Customized splash screen would be nice too so if there are any artists out there...

thanks

kev

nghost is stable then? Is it EPIA specific also? The reason I ask is because I'd like to load it on a laptop that I have at my mercy...

nghost the frontend is becoming very usable and stable. However it is still in development.

The car PC Distro (pls give me a name...), is still in its early development stages. I hope to have a torrent download in a couple weeks for people who want to test it. I have set up a discussion on the video drivers and I want to include only those drivers that will exist in car PCs. Via, Intel, etc.

we still need people to volunteer for making boot splash and user themes so anyone is welcome.

-kev

why not do sometyhing like this? http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto
it is based on debian, which is what ubuntu is based on, so you can use apt-get and stuff, looks easy to do

starting from knoppix you're gonna have to remove a lot of stuff - i guess it's easier starting from a slim live-distro or just from scratch using some live-tools (which make a live-distro from what you installed)

i tried installing reconstructor on my ubuntu machine but it keep needing dependencies that couldnt be found for some reason. I am going to try again with a different install and see if i cant get it to work. also, if someone gives me some ideas / sketches of what the boot and splash shoudl look like, i will make them in photoshop.

[QUOTEalso, if someone gives me some ideas / sketches of what the boot and splash shoudl look like, i will make them in photoshop.[/QUOTE]

That's great! As soon as we decide on a name (we still need more voters on the poll), we can start coming up ideas for the boot/splash.

tried installing reconstructor on my ubuntu machine but it keep needing dependencies that couldnt be found for some reason.

reconstructor should work if you apt-get install fakeroot and dpkg-dev. You might have to enable the universe and source repositories in your /etc/apt/sources.list

I've built several scripts to remove unnecessary packages from the system. I have the iso image from 710mb to around 530mb. I'm thinking of switching from reconstructor to uck (ubuntu customization kit) to further reduce the image size. The reason for the switch is that reconstructor currently doesn't support the xubuntu livecd. They are working on this however. The xubuntu live cd is about 540mb at the start. If I can remove 200mb worth of packages we have a distro that is ~300mb. UCK supports xubuntu and kubuntu along with ubuntu. I'm still going to experiment more by removing the gnome stuff and adding the xfce manually. I will start a poll also in the nanonymous forum for which window manager users will want.

i was just kinda messin around, but if it is called ghostbox, heres kinda an idea sketch thign.



cept the edges woudl be trimmed so none of that crap outside the rounded rectangle would be there

p.s. what about I.C.E. as a name (In Car Entertainment)