Operating System Builder

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TheeMahns Operating System Builder Contents
• Disclaimer / Introduction
• Pre-requisites / Requirements
• Usage / Help System
• How it works
• Building our first Operating System
• Enhancing our first Operating System
• The Anti-Malware inititive
• Customising our first Operating System
• Resulting [code]Operating Systems
• Final Words
• Source Code
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Downloads
• Feedback & report issues

Disclaimer / Introduction:
I am Glenn “TheeMahn” Cady, leading developer of Ultimate Edition Linux and leading programmer of aforesaid Operating System. I have been building Ultimate Edition Operating Systems since the year 2006. I have been writing software in excess of 30 years, so I am no newbie in application development. I have slowly been removing tasks from my agenda of tasks I have at hand, which is large none the less. I have been doing so in production of software. What is TheeMahn’s Operating System Builder?

TheeMahn’s Operating System builder will build one of 138 different Operating Systems with the simplicity of a single command dropped in the terminal a GUI (Graphical User Interface) version is in production.

It is not limited to the production of Ultimate Edition, it too will build a Ubuntu O/S from the ground up. Future versions could encapsulate Debian to do the same as an example. When one takes the time to calculate:

TheeMahn’s O/S Builder (1.9.2) STATS:
tmosb can build 138 different above Operating Systems. 1380 in total, when desktop environments are also calculated.
Extra Desktop Environments (DE’s) are also available:

Example: tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.5-x64.iso XFCE MATE KDE LXDE AWESOME GNOME RAZORQT UNITY CINNAMON TOUCH

The application can and will build Operating Systems that do not exisit today. I want to step out on a branch and tell you it has created Operating Systems that solely exist today by the same flick of a single command.

I take 0 reposonsibity for hosing your current Operating System / software etc. This application will not run w/o the proper permissions and that is a solid root environment. With hightened permissions comes great responsibility. I personally have not hosed my Operating System, however I am quite savvy and very comfortable in a terminal. That being said; your milage may vary.

Pre-requisites / Requirements:
I highly suggest creating a subfolder to work out of open a terminal and enter the following:

mkdir wip
cd wip

Assume the role of su (superuser), a password for this account will have to be made / set:

sudo passwd #Enter your current password & password for new account 2 times
su # Enter the password you set last

Software wise TheeMahn’s O/S Builder does have additional software requirements (the deb will install these for you):
Depends: libc6(>=2.5-0ubuntu1),wget,rsync,squashfs-tools,lzma,genisoimage,memtest86+,python
Recommends: ttf-liberation, kvm, gnome-session-canberra, qemu-kvm

The depends line are absolute requirements, the recommends are for example if you intend to test the newly built Operating System (qemu). I do highly suggest installing the recommended as well.

Usage / Help system:
Let’s begin, by delving into the poorly documented help system (I’m sure I will enhance as time goes on) DEBUGING will also vanish as perfection is met:

theemahn@Ja>ckHammer:~$ tmosb –help
DEBUGGING HELP FUNCTION: 1:–help 2: 3: CONTAINS:–help
▒ TheeMahn’s O/S Builder (tmosb) 1.9.2, 11/09/14 ▒
▒ GNU tmosb home page: <http://os-builder.com/>. ▒
▒ E-mail bug reports to: <TheeMahn@os-builder.com>. ▒
▒ Be sure to include the word tmosb somewhere in the Subject: field ▒
Usage: tmosb –<-COMMAND> [OPTION]
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Mandatory arguments to long options are identical for short options.
possible commands…

-b –build builds Operating System(s)
-B –buildiso builds ISO(s)
-C –clearcache clears / adjusts system cache
-c –cacheinfo displays various cache information
-e –extract extract ISO(s)
-h –help this help message
-p –pull pulls all source code to current folder
-t –test test ISO in virtual machine and exit
-u –upgrade distro upgrades existing Operating System(s)
-v –version dump version info and exit
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tmosb –help [COMMAND] for further information.
theemahn@JackHammer:~$

Let’s go right down the list the build [option], perhaps the most important:

theemahn@JackHammer:~$ tmosb --help build
DEBUGGING HELP FUNCTION: 1:--help 2:build 3: CONTAINS:--help build
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▒ TheeMahn's O/S Builder (tmosb) 1.9.2, 11/09/14 ▒
▒ GNU tmosb home page: <http://os-builder.com/>. ▒
▒ E-mail bug reports to: <TheeMahn@os-builder.com>. ▒
▒ Be sure to include the word tmosb somewhere in the Subject: field. ▒
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Usage build;
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▒ tmosb -b  ▒
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Invokes tmosb to build  from scratch. The format of the ISO
must comply as follows:
---[LITE/GAMERS].[ISO] [DE]
Valid arguments are as follows and :
Distro: ubuntu, ultimate-edition, debian
Version: 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04 for Ubuntu
Version: 7.6, 7.7 for Debian
Version: 3.4, 3.5 - 4.5 for Ultimate Edition
Architecture: x86, x64, armel, armhf, powerpc
[OPTIONAL TYPES]
Lite: lite
Gamers: gamers
[OPTIONAL DE]
Desktop Environment (DE): MATE, KDE, XFCE, AWESOME, LXDE, RAZORQT, TOUCH, CINNAMON
and / or GNOME to add [OPTIONAL] Desktop Environment(s)
iso, lite, gamers and DE's as per synopsis is [OPTIONAL]
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Example: tmosb --build ultimate-edition-4.2-x64-lite.iso XFCE
Will build Ultimate Edition 4.2 64 bit Lite Operating System in ISO format.
adding the optional XFCE DE
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theemahn@JackHammer:~$ 

Let’s deliberately enter an invaild build switch (empty):

theemahn@JackHammer:~$ tmosb –build
DEBUGGING Number of switches passed: 1
Switch 1: –build
1:–build 2: 3:
TheeMahn O/S Builder (tmosb) 1.8.6, 08/10/2014
GNU tmosb (TheeMahn O/S Builder) home page: <http://os-builder.com/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <TheeMahn@os-builder.com>.
Be sure to include the word tmosb somewhere in the Subject: field.
ERROR: Invalid switch. Generating valid switches:
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▒ OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION RELEASE BASE ARCH LTS DIST TYPE DE(s)
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▒ Ultimate Edition 3.4 Precise Pangolin x86/x64 YES LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.4-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.4-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.4-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.4-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.4-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.4-x86.iso
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▒ OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION RELEASE BASE ARCH LTS DIST TYPE DE(s)
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▒ Ultimate Edition 3.5 Precise Pangolin x86/x64 YES STANDARD KDE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.5-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.5-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.5-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.5-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.5-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.5-x86.iso
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▒ Ultimate Edition 3.6 Quantal Quetzal x86/x64 NO LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.6-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.6-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.6-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.6-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.6-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.6-x86.iso
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▒ Ultimate Edition 3.7 Quantal Quetzal x86/x64 NO STANDARD KDE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.7-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.7-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.7-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.7-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.7-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.7-x86.iso
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▒ Ultimate Edition 3.8 Raring Ringtail x86/x64 NO LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.8-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.8-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.8-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.8-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.8-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.8-x86.iso
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▒ Ultimate Edition 3.9 Raring Ringtail x86/x64 NO STANDARD KDE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.9-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.9-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.9-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.9-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.9-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-3.9-x86.iso
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▒ Ultimate Edition 4.0 Saucy Salamander x86/x64 NO LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.0-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.0-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.0-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.0-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.0-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.0-x86.iso
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▒ Ultimate Edition 4.1 Saucy Salamander x86/x64 NO STANDARD KDE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.1-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.1-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.1-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.1-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.1-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.1-x86.iso
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▒ Ultimate Edition 4.2 Trusty Tahr x86/x64 YES LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.2-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.2-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.2-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.2-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.2-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.2-x86.iso
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▒ Ultimate Edition 4.3 Trusty Tahr x86/x64 YES STANDARD KDE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.3-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.3-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.3-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.3-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.3-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.3-x86.iso
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▒ OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION RELEASE BASE ARCH LTS DIST TYPE DE(s)
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▒ Ultimate Edition 4.4 Utopic Unicorn x86/x64 NO LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.4-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.4-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.4-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.4-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.4-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.4-x86.iso
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▒ Ultimate Edition 4.5 Utopic Unicorn x86/x64 NO STANDARD KDE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.5-x86-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.5-x64-lite.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.5-x86-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.5-x64-gamers.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.5-x64.iso
tmosb –build ultimate-edition-4.5-x86.iso
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▒ OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION RELEASE BASE ARCH LTS DIST TYPE DE(s)
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▒ Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin x86/x64 YES LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-12.04-x86.iso
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-12.04-x64.iso
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▒ OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION RELEASE BASE ARCH LTS DIST TYPE DE(s)
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▒ Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal x86/x64 NO LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-12.10-x86.iso
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-12.10-x64.iso
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▒ OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION RELEASE BASE ARCH LTS DIST TYPE DE(s)
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▒ Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail x86/x64 NO LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-13.04-x86.iso
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-13.04-x64.iso
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▒ OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION RELEASE BASE ARCH LTS DIST TYPE DE(s)
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▒ Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander x86/x64 NO LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-13.10-x86.iso
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-13.10-x64.iso
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▒ OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION RELEASE BASE ARCH LTS DIST TYPE DE(s)
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▒ Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr x86/x64 YES LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-14.04-x86.iso
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-14.04-x64.iso
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▒ OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION RELEASE BASE ARCH LTS DIST TYPE DE(s)
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▒ Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn x86/x64 NO LITE/STANDARD MATE
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Default Build command(s):
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-14.10-x86.iso
tmosb –build ubuntu-desktop-14.10-x64.iso
TheeMahn O/S Builder (tmosb) 1.8.6, 08/10/2014
GNU tmosb (TheeMahn O/S Builder) home page: <http://os-builder.com/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <TheeMahn@os-builder.com>.
Be sure to include the word tmosb somewhere in the Subject: field.
theemahn@JackHammer:~$

A pause for the cause, the above commands will build one of 84 above listed operating systems. No other input or interaction required on your end as the end user. I have spent a great amount of painstaking time to ensure ease of use. So utilizing the information above, to create something that just currently does not exist.

tmosb --build ultimate-edition-4.2-x86-gamers.iso

The above command for example will build a 32 bit version of UE Gamers 4.2 a LTS release. Pretty heavy application we are looking at here is it not? I will not rob you of the output of running such a command and thus the end results:

4.2-lite-x86-build.log

Continuing on:

theemahn@JackHammer:~$ tmosb –help buildiso
DEBUGGING Number of switches passed: 2
Switch 1: –help
Switch 2: buildiso
TheeMahn O/S Builder (tmosb) 1.8.6, 08/10/2014
GNU tmosb (TheeMahn O/S Builder) home page: <http://os-builder.com/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <TheeMahn@os-builder.com>.
Be sure to include the word tmosb somewhere in the Subject: field.

Usage buildiso;
tmosb -B [TARGETISO]
Invokes tmosb to build [TARGETISO] from a preivious build. The format of the ISO
must comply as follows:
[TARGETISO]
Valid arguments are as follows:
Existant folder, is optional. It will otherwise look for information in .disk/info
Example: tmosb –buildiso ultimate-edition-4.2-x64-lite/
Will build Ultimate Edition 4.2 64 bit Lite Operating System in ISO format.
theemahn@JackHammer:~$

We are going to do the next 2 out of order, there is a reason for this as I will soon explain, cacheinfo:

theemahn@JackHammer:~/wip3$ tmosb –cacheinfo
DEBUGGING Number of switches passed: 1
Switch 1: –cacheinfo
TheeMahn O/S Builder (tmosb) 1.8.6, 08/10/2014
GNU tmosb (TheeMahn O/S Builder) home page: <http://os-builder.com/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <TheeMahn@os-builder.com>.
Be sure to include the word tmosb somewhere in the Subject: field.
Total cache usage: 4.6G
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7.1M extract-cd.tar.gz
628M tmp
3.9G trusty
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theemahn@JackHammer:~/wip3$

Cachinfo will display current caching statistics. I incorporated the cache system in order to accelerate future building of additional operating systems. It will cause the computer to make the determination on weather the application / game is availible locally and use it primarly as upposed to re-downloading the package in question.

theemahn@JackHammer:~/wip3$ tmosb –help cacheinfo
DEBUGGING Number of switches passed: 2
Switch 1: –help
Switch 2: cacheinfo
TheeMahn O/S Builder (tmosb) 1.8.6, 08/10/2014
GNU tmosb (TheeMahn O/S Builder) home page: <http://os-builder.com/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <TheeMahn@os-builder.com>.
Be sure to include the word tmosb somewhere in the Subject: field.

Usage cacheinfo;
tmosb -c
Displays various cache information.
Example: tmosb –cacheinfo
theemahn@JackHammer:~/wip3$

The caching system is distro specific as well as architecture specific. Work smarter not harder. The cache folder is located in a hidden folder in your currently executed folder under .cache/ the amount of data stored in this cache can be specifically controlled with the –clearcache option.

theemahn@JackHammer:~/wip3$ tmosb –help clearcache
DEBUGGING Number of switches passed: 2
Switch 1: –help
Switch 2: clearcache
TheeMahn O/S Builder (tmosb) 1.8.6, 08/10/2014
GNU tmosb (TheeMahn O/S Builder) home page: <http://os-builder.com/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <TheeMahn@os-builder.com>.
Be sure to include the word tmosb somewhere in the Subject: field.

Usage clearcache;
tmosb -C <REQUIREMENT>
Clears cache by disgression.
<REQUIREMENT> is as follows:
<debootstrap> clears debootstrap image(s).
<minimal> clears minimal ISO image(s)
<all> clears the entire cache system.
Example: tmosb –clearcache debootstrap
theemahn@JackHammer:~/wip3$

While you are building you will see the following or thereby similar:

DEBUGGING: we are in /home/theemahn/wip3/ultimate-edition-4.2-x86-gamers
Pulling 3.8G of cache for trusty x86 build. Please wait: Success.
Initating Tmp cache sync operation of 628M. please wait: Success.
INITIATING FINAL BUILD PROCESS FOR ultimate-edition-4.2-x86-gamers.iso

Future Operating system build(s) will not have to download the additional 3.8GB of data + the 628MB, a tremendous savings in time and bandwidth I can assure you even on high speed internet. I am now going to provide the build of the same operating system we created above, using the caching system. Note how much smaller the log is and no downloading of information:
4.2-lite-x86-build-cached.log

Continuting on:

theemahn@JackHammer:~/wip$ tmosb --help extract
DEBUGGING Number of switches passed: 2
Switch 1: --help
Switch 2: extract
TheeMahn O/S Builder (tmosb) 1.8.6, 08/10/2014
GNU tmosb (TheeMahn O/S Builder) home page: .
E-mail bug reports to: .
Be sure to include the word tmosb somewhere in the Subject: field.

Usage extract;
tmosb -e 
Extracts  for further processing.
Example: tmosb --extract ultimate-edition-4.0-x64.iso
theemahn@JackHammer:~/wip$

Fairly self explanatory; In action:

root@JackHammer:/home/theemahn/wip# tmosb –extract ultimate-edition-4.2-x64.iso
DEBUGGING Number of switches passed: 2
Switch 1: –extract
Switch 2: ultimate-edition-4.2-x64.iso
TheeMahn O/S Builder (tmosb) 1.8.6, 08/10/2014
GNU tmosb (TheeMahn O/S Builder) home page: .
E-mail bug reports to: .
Be sure to include the word tmosb somewhere in the Subject: field.
Processing 3 of 1 detected Operating systems, please wait.
Operating System Version detected: 4.2
Creating folder ultimate-edition-4.2-x64
Moving ultimate-edition-4.2-x64.iso to ultimate-edition-4.2-x64
Scanning folders…
Processing Folder: ultimate-edition-4.2-x64/
Mounting ultimate-edition-4.2-x64.iso
Synchronizing ultimate-edition-4.2-x64.iso
Mounting SquashFs
Copying SquashFs
Unmounting SquashFS
Unmounting ultimate-edition-4.2-x64.iso
Cleaning up…
root@JackHammer:/home/theemahn/wip# ls
ultimate-edition-4.2-x64
root@JackHammer:/home/theemahn/wip#

The Anti-Malware Inititive
If you don’t know what zeitgeist is I suggest a read of a few articles:
http://wiki.zeitgeist-project.com/Getting_Started#What_is_Zeitgeist

Don’t be fooled, Canonical The company behind Ubuntu, this includes Mint etc. as they are now in cohoots with Ubuntu as well uses the data it collects on users I’m sure in various forms. One such tragedy is to send you relevant ads and direct you to amazon etc. based on the data collected. I understand they want to make money, spying on their users is not the way to go about it. Software is in production to ensure that does not happen to UE users:

declare -a MALWARE=(‘zeitgeist’);
#Smash spyware, we want our users free to do as they like w/o being spied on…
function AntiMalware () {
# Begin cycling array – allows for future introduction of other nasty programs
for EACH in ${MALWARE[@]}
do
# Check for installation of spyware one program at a time.
INSTALLED=$((dpkg-query -l $EACH | grep ‘ii’)2>/dev/null)
if [[ $INSTALLED ]]; then
# Thusly inform the user there is spyware in thier system.
Center “MALWARE detected: $EACH purging $EACH from the system.”
# Scrap it from thier system.
apt-get remove –purge -y -f $EACH
fi
done
}

While the above code does beautifully in tmgrub a subprogram of tmosb, will render any Unity based O/S worthless. I may have to take a more stringent approach, I do not want our users to have to live w/o Unity because of a simple spyware program which Unity “REQUIRES”. I declared an array in the above code to allow me to expand it’s detection and removal of additional software should they so develop additional nastiness 😉

I hope I got my point across. Few adjustments in software make large changes in the overall picture. Many doors will soon open… Unpubished currently. I wont allow a programmer to come in after analysing my code to tell me I should consoidate code. Encapsulate, Center functions etc. is in all programs. I hate to say this I hate the C language, sould I #include the popular functions / software?

To be honest would accelerate my development and avoid some errors. Please tell me why I did not do so. Hard to replace a job that pays that well, a programmer makes squat compared to that of a Operating System Architect. I will replace that position, even if I have to load software onto a server (most likely locally) to fix problems before they are introduced into your system. I may have to setup a build server with Repostorm on it.

Earlier when I said a more stringent approach, I’m talking downloading the source for Zeitgeist and ripping out all reporting to Canonical, so fuctionality remains. Damn, I love open source. I could also aproach it from another perspective and build an empty binary that does absolutely nothing, debianize / repostorm it and inject it into the Operating System. Now, I love being a programmer 😉

I could drop a 100 links of people begging to get rid of Zeitgeist, I won’t waste my time or others. I’m not here to question things, I am here to fix things. If its’s not me doing so, it will be software doing so for me. Now that I really think about this… It is not my place to say, but I’m betting the entire OZ Unity hopes I resolve the issue. Thier O/S is plauged by this very issue across the board, not thier fault. Shysty individuals ruin everything down the chain, no consideration.