OEM reset all my customization

[jollyr0ger]

Binary package hint: oem-config

I customize an OEM installation (Intrepid Desktop i386), like delete a panel, change the wallpaper, change the default applications, icons over the desktop, items over a panel, font size, font dpi...
When I prepair it with oem-config desktop icon, all the customization desappear into the end user account.

How can I do it?
I just want to customize the installation for the end users...

(I use a Intrepid i386)

[Loye Young (loyeyoung)]

oem-config doesn't do the kind of customization you are talking about, and it's not designed to.

Customizing the desktop The Right Way (tm) is much more difficult than one might expect because the configuration options are kept in a host of different places. The GNOME desktop specification is not particularly sensitive to branding issues, and what branding specs there are, GNOME developers pretty much ignore.

If you are seeking to use the same configuration for many computers, it is advisable to create a .deb package that does the work simply by installing the package. (That's the way we handle it at the IYCC Distribution. http://archive.iycc.net/iycc. See in particular the iycc-desktop, iycc-halucinar, and iycc-cuadrado-gnome-desktop packages.) You will need to be patient, though, because it's hard to round up where everything is.

However, if you are "customizing" for a particular customer, then look here for a procedure I wrote that will accomplish what you want: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oem-config/+bug/153310/comments/3.

I suggest that this "bug" be converted to a question or be relegated to "Wishlist" status.

Happy Trails,

Loye Young
Isaac & Young Computer Company
Laredo, Texas
http://www.iycc.net

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

Closing since this was a queestion rather than a bug.