Remastering involves customizing an existing Ubuntu installation to create a new distribution with specific packages and configurations. It began with Knoppix and allows creating versions tailored for different uses like office, gaming, or development. The process requires squashfs and other tools to customize aspects like wallpapers, themes, and packages then build a new live CD or DVD image. Examples are provided of remastered Ubuntu distributions for different fields.
4. Tools Needed
About 3-5 gigabytes of free space
Recommended at least 512 MB RAM and 1 GB
Swap
Squashfs
Mkisofs
An Ubuntu kernel with squashfs support .
QEMU, VirtualBox or VMware for testing
5. Squashfs
Why Squashfs ?
Alternative to SquashFS..