How do I fork Ubuntu?

[Matthew Palmer]

On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 01:57:21AM +0100, Jon Kristensen wrote:
> I want to apologize if this is a subject that does not belong on this
> list, and I hope that I wont offend anyone by asking this question: If I
> would want to fork Ubuntu, how would I go around doing that,
> technically? Is there a set of files that builds Ubuntu, for example?

That's a pretty big question -- sort of like "If I want to build an
aeroplane, how would I go around doing that, technically?"

There's a fairly long document about various aspects of changing the install
CD's behaviour at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InstallCDCustomizationHowTo, but I
don't know exactly how comprehensive it is.  It'll give you a good start,
though, and a much better idea of what's what when you next need to ask
questions here.

- Matt