Building custom ubuntu

Question

WiFi

Hello ladies and gentlemen!

I have a very specific need. I want to install Ubuntu on my computer with a minimum amount of everything:
I need a graphical shell (in principle, it doesn’t matter which one is Gnome, KDE, XFCE), a proxy, the ability to connect launchpad repositories, and firefox itself.

Everything would be simple - I would download ubuntu minimal and install everything in it, if not for one thing - the machine has access to the network only via Wi-Fi.

Accordingly, ubuntu minimal cannot connect a Wi-Fi network. Has anyone encountered this problem or have ideas how to solve it?

Thanks in advance for your replies, more to come!

Answer 1

In short: we will take an existing Ubuntu distribution, strip out the unnecessary ones and install the programs we need, configure and then pack it into a liveCD. The resulting system can be used as a portable system, and can also be installed on a hard drive.

Done within your means: Ubuntu Customization Kit
link to the article: sudouser.com/sozdanie-svoego-distributiva-ubuntu.html

Answer 2

here only if you throw firewood from the waffle, but if you don’t have a LAN (to download), then try to find the necessary drivers and throw them through a USB flash drive.
What Wi-Fi card is installed on your netbook?

Answer 3

Does any ubuntu (or kubuntu, or xubuntu) desktop installer see wifi? if yes, then boot (not install), partition the disk manually (there is a utility or console fdisk in administration), mount the disk, install the minimum ubuntu on it using debootstrap (the utility is in the turnips), then chroot into it, and configure the system ( grub, Russian locale, x-server, window manager, etc.) you will not find a system smaller than debootstrap puts (only archlinux or gentoo is smaller).