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• Launchpad entry: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/derivativedistrotools/

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AzraelNightwalker: we should check out other distro's tools, namely:

• Fedora's Revisor

• openSUSE's KIWI

and see how they work.

Also there are some existing Ubuntu tools:

• UCK - Ubuntu Customization Kit

• Reconstructor - Reconstructor

• DRU - Disc Remastering Utility

• Custom Debian Distribution Toolkit - work in progress

• Remastersys - a tool for making a livecd from your Ubuntu installation

• Builder - gNewSense builder script

Besides, we could also work with Debian on a common tool:

• CDD - Custom Debian Distributions on Debian Wiki

There is a new spec that might supersede this: CustomisedIsoImageTools

Another new project: Unidistro - A framework to create and maintain a Debian/Ubuntu derivative distro

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