If i redesign the look of Linux will it become a separate distribution?

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revolutions

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Right thanks for reading, if i redesign a Linux distribution i.e change flash screen, colours, etc. will it become a separate distribution that i could then offer to the public?
 
No, you'll just be modifying the desktop environment and not the distrobution itself, assuming you are on about the login screen, window bars, desktop bars etc (as I've never heard of anything referred to as the flash screen with Linux before).

Breaks.
 
i meant to say splash screens, i would also be changing what apps were with it, so it does become separate from other distributions doesnt it?
 
Not really no. It's just a customised install of the last one. Sort of like a lite version if you are stripping apps and only adding the ones you think are adequate. In order for the distrobution to be a new seperate one you have to do things such as edit the raw operating system code, alter the kernel data etc.

Breaks.
 
As long as everything is open source, I think you could re-brand it and offer it to the public. For example, Knoppix and DSL are based on Debian Linux, and they are considered separate distributions.
 
But DSL and Debian look totally different, use different desktop environments and behave differently. There's a bit of a size difference too. Look at Ubuntu, probably the most popular Debian-based distro available and it's simplicity compared to Debian itself (Not so sure on Etch), there's a huge difference. Even the Ubuntu-based distros look totally different to Ubuntu itself. (Excluding the deriritives of Ubuntu) To be a new distro it can't be a re-brand, it has to look totally new and in some way be different. Otherwise all you end up doing is offering Distro X in a new shell.
 
no not a seperate distro, but a seperate DESKTOP MANAGER.
since your username here is Revolutions i suggest you give your distro the name "revolution Desktop"...lol
 
im not just going to redesign the colour schemes it will be made to be totally different from the other versions of Linux so it will be an individual one.
 
What would you change?

I personally think that there are more than enough Linux distros out there, but choice is always good i guess.

You could help other disttobutions by contributing code etc to them, like helping on ubuntu for example.
 
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