> > Based on a suggestion from M, I tried another install of Ubuntu, this > time doing a server install, which installs just a base system. > Doing the server install was much faster than a regular install. > Once that was in place, I ran an apt-get to get all the components > necessary for xfce4. It works, mostly. I just need to figure out > how to customize the interface and add a few more packages, e.g. > firefox, OOo2, and a few games, plus customize the theme/look-and- > feel to be a bit more Windowsy. > > Installing Ubuntu creates a nice migration path: > > Win98 + FF + OOo2 -> > Ubuntu + xfce + FF + OOo2 -> > Ubuntu + KDE/Gnome + FF + OOo2 -> > > Thoughts?
The changes you make will probably be to various configuration files. Once you get everything the way you like it, with some extra work, you could make a .deb meta-archive which could install the system just the way you like it. You could create an apt repository somewhere online and getting a Citek-certified(tm) machine would be as easy as "apt-get install citek". Note however that creating an apt package is not for the faint of heart. But it may be useful if you trying to get a boot-and-install farm going. |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- AgentM [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
