FAQ

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A. Frequently asked questions

1. What can Customizer do actually?
2. Who will use Customizer?
3. Where to ask help for remastering?
4. There's no place for discussion, why?
5. Customizer doesn't work for me, why?
6. First guide doesn't work for me, why?
7. Can you help me do remastering?

B. Likely asked questions

1. What are the minimum requirements?
2. What are compatible distros and releases?
3. How about distro with EFI support?
4. Does "old stable" still work?

Do you have other questions?

A. Frequently asked questions

1. What can Customizer do actually?

Customizer can do anything that is doable within the chroot environment i.e. adding [your own kernel] (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile), install packages, et cetera. It is possible to do from command line via Terminal and graphical interface via Xephyr. See also summary of features and limitations.

2. Who will use Customizer?

Customizer is for users who want to create Ubuntu-based remix for personal use. To create a distribution, branding shall be removed by themselves. Even to whom just want to experiment in building a remix, Customizer will make things easier than doing from scratch.

3. Where to ask help for remastering?

Short answer is, nowhere. Because remastering is such a niche interest, the so-called "help" is often found as outdated Wiki pages or single post on some blogs. Try asking at Ubuntu Forums, Ask Ubuntu or Unix & Linux Stack Exchange. Note: Don't do cross-posting.

4. There's no place for discussion, why?

We had a forum, twice, on Sourceforge.net until late-2011 and Freeforums.org until early-2014. The latter was organized by a contributor. Not much activities, then closed. Nowadays, GitHub Issues handles bug reports, questions and suggestions related to Customizer.

5. Customizer doesn't work for me, why?

Remastering isn't without problem. Check your working steps in the first guide and check any common mistakes and common issues. When asking help, create a new issue and follow the contributing guidelines.

6. First guide doesn't work for me, why?

The guide works for "old stable" from master branch, which has been tested on 12.04 and 14.04 releases. In other cases, user may need to install non-meta packages or even modify Makefile for non-Ubuntu systems. See also entry B.4.

7. Can you help me do remastering?

While remastering is easier than Linux From Scratch, it is still the most difficult option of customization. Depending on what you intend to achieve, remastering might not be for you. This is a demanding question, so you might not find any help without much reading.

B. Likely asked questions

1. What are the minimum requirements?

The requirements for running and using Customizer as follows.

• Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz or better
• 512 MB RAM or more
• free disk space is at least twice the size of ISO file to be remastered
• Unix and Unix-like operating systems, which are supported host systems

2. What are compatible distros and releases?

Any Ubuntu-based, Live CD ISO images are supported images. The smallest supported image is Ubuntu Mini Remix. For known issues in recent releases of Ubuntu ISO image, see issue #76.

3. How about distro with EFI support?

Remastering ISO images with EFI support seems to be rarely discussed here. The only clue we have is issue #99.

4. Does "old stable" still work?

Yes. The "old stable" release works well with 14.04 release and shall remain relevant, as long as Python 2.7 series or Python 2 on Ubuntu are available. Eventually, Customizer from the forked repo will have better support for newer releases of Ubuntu.

Do you have other questions?

If you have questions that doesn't appear on this FAQ page, you can either submit your question as a new issue. Else, find out how you can contribute.