Madhava K R wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm a student at NITK, Surathkal. We're planning to celebrate software > freedom day with a few talks and demonstrations, as well as releasing > a custom ubuntu flavour that is specific to our college. > Nice to know that. Good luck for your endeavour. > I wanted to know how feasible it is and maybe a pointer in the right > direction to customize ubuntu to our specifications, i.e. installing > custom packages and having custom configuration files rather than the > default ones, network settings and things like that. > Check this out: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization There are at least a couple dozen articles on Remastering Ubuntu which might be of additional use to you. > Also, would it be possible to get any speakers from Canonical or the > ubuntu/linux community in general to come give talks here? > > Am not sure how possible will it be to get someone from Canonical or any non-Indian-resident Developer/Contributor, but someone in India who can spare a day with you might be interested. I leave them to reply to you in this thread if they are. Thank you and good luck for SFD celebrations.
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