Change visible OS Name

Question

I have a Linux Mint 18.3 installation that I have heavily modified. I'm wanting to change the name of this installation so to a normal person, it isn't Linux Mint, but some other weird distro (cause reasons).

I have changed /etc/lsb-release , /etc/os-release , and /etc/upstream-release/lsb-release all to reflect the name I'm wanting. However, this is the result I am getting:

As you can see under Base System it has "Eleftheria 3.0 Meteor" (the name I'm going for), but up at the top it still says Ubuntu.

I want to change it so the user sees a different OS but the system still recognizes it as Linux Mint/Ubuntu, so I don't have issues with apps and what not.

Is this all i can do? Or can I modify something else to reflect the desired name?

Thanks!

EDIT

Output of sudo grep -wi ubuntu /etc/* :

grep: /etc/acpi: Is a directory
grep: /etc/alternatives: Is a directory
grep: /etc/apm: Is a directory
grep: /etc/apparmor: Is a directory
grep: /etc/apparmor.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/apport: Is a directory
grep: /etc/apt: Is a directory
grep: /etc/at-spi2: Is a directory
grep: /etc/avahi: Is a directory
grep: /etc/bash_completion.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/binfmt.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/bluetooth: Is a directory
grep: /etc/brltty: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ca-certificates: Is a directory
grep: /etc/calendar: Is a directory
/etc/casper.conf:export BUILD_SYSTEM="Ubuntu"
grep: /etc/chatscripts: Is a directory
grep: /etc/chromium-browser: Is a directory
grep: /etc/cinnamon: Is a directory
grep: /etc/clamav: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ConsoleKit: Is a directory
grep: /etc/console-setup: Is a directory
grep: /etc/cracklib: Is a directory
grep: /etc/cron.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/cron.daily: Is a directory
grep: /etc/cron.hourly: Is a directory
grep: /etc/cron.monthly: Is a directory
grep: /etc/cron.weekly: Is a directory
grep: /etc/cups: Is a directory
grep: /etc/cupshelpers: Is a directory
grep: /etc/dbus-1: Is a directory
grep: /etc/default: Is a directory
grep: /etc/depmod.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/dhcp: Is a directory
grep: /etc/dictionaries-common: Is a directory
grep: /etc/dkms: Is a directory
grep: /etc/dnsmasq.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/doc-base: Is a directory
grep: /etc/dpkg: Is a directory
grep: /etc/emacs: Is a directory
grep: /etc/esound: Is a directory
grep: /etc/firefox: Is a directory
grep: /etc/fonts: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gconf: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gdb: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gdm3: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ghostscript: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gimp: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gnome: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gnome-app-install: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0: Is a directory
grep: /etc/groff: Is a directory
grep: /etc/grub.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gss: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gtk-2.0: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gtk-3.0: Is a directory
grep: /etc/guest-session: Is a directory
grep: /etc/gufw: Is a directory
grep: /etc/hp: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ifplugd: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ImageMagick-6: Is a directory
grep: /etc/init: Is a directory
grep: /etc/init.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/initramfs-tools: Is a directory
grep: /etc/insserv: Is a directory
grep: /etc/insserv.conf.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/iproute2: Is a directory
grep: /etc/kbd: Is a directory
grep: /etc/kernel: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ldap: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ld.so.conf.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/libnl-3: Is a directory
grep: /etc/libpaper.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/libreoffice: Is a directory
grep: /etc/lightdm: Is a directory
grep: /etc/linuxmint: Is a directory
grep: /etc/logcheck: Is a directory
grep: /etc/logrotate.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/lvm: Is a directory
grep: /etc/menu-methods: Is a directory
grep: /etc/modprobe.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/modules-load.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/mono: Is a directory
grep: /etc/network: Is a directory
grep: /etc/NetworkManager: Is a directory
grep: /etc/newt: Is a directory
/etc/ntp.conf:# Use servers from the NTP Pool Project. Approved by Ubuntu Technical Board
/etc/ntp.conf:pool 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
/etc/ntp.conf:pool 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
/etc/ntp.conf:pool 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
/etc/ntp.conf:pool 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
/etc/ntp.conf:# Use Ubuntu's ntp server as a fallback.
/etc/ntp.conf:pool ntp.ubuntu.com
grep: /etc/obex-data-server: Is a directory
grep: /etc/openal: Is a directory
grep: /etc/openvpn: Is a directory
grep: /etc/opt: Is a directory
/etc/os-release:ID_LIKE=ubuntu
grep: /etc/pam.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/pcmcia: Is a directory
grep: /etc/perl: Is a directory
grep: /etc/pki: Is a directory
grep: /etc/pm: Is a directory
grep: /etc/polkit-1: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ppp: Is a directory
grep: /etc/profile.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/pulse: Is a directory
grep: /etc/purple: Is a directory
grep: /etc/python: Is a directory
grep: /etc/python2.7: Is a directory
grep: /etc/python3: Is a directory
grep: /etc/python3.5: Is a directory
grep: /etc/rc0.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/rc1.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/rc2.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/rc3.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/rc4.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/rc5.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/rc6.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/rcS.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/request-key.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/resolvconf: Is a directory
grep: /etc/rsyslog.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/samba: Is a directory
grep: /etc/sane.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/security: Is a directory
grep: /etc/selinux: Is a directory
grep: /etc/sensors.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/sgml: Is a directory
grep: /etc/signon-ui: Is a directory
grep: /etc/skel: Is a directory
grep: /etc/speech-dispatcher: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ssh: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ssl: Is a directory
grep: /etc/sudoers.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/sysctl.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/systemd: Is a directory
grep: /etc/terminfo: Is a directory
grep: /etc/thermald: Is a directory
grep: /etc/tmpfiles.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/udev: Is a directory
grep: /etc/udisks2: Is a directory
grep: /etc/ufw: Is a directory
grep: /etc/update-motd.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/UPower: Is a directory
/etc/upstart-xsessions:ubuntu
grep: /etc/upstream-release: Is a directory
grep: /etc/usb_modeswitch.d: Is a directory
grep: /etc/vbox: Is a directory
grep: /etc/vim: Is a directory
grep: /etc/wildmidi: Is a directory
grep: /etc/wpa_supplicant: Is a directory
grep: /etc/X11: Is a directory
grep: /etc/xdg: Is a directory
grep: /etc/xml: Is a directory

EDIT

Contents of /etc/os-release:

I left things I felt would damage system functionality if changed.

EDIT

Output of find /usr/share/ -type f -iname \*ubuntu\*png

/usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/icons/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/icons/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/icons/firefox-ubuntu-it-menu.png
/usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/icons/edubuntu.png
/usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/installed/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/installed/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/installed/firefox-ubuntu-it-menu.png
/usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/installed/edubuntu.png
/usr/share/app-install/icons/_usr_share_cordova-ubuntu-tests_cordovaqt64.png
/usr/share/app-install/icons/lubuntu-software-center.png
/usr/share/app-install/icons/ubuntu-qtcreator.png
/usr/share/app-install/icons/ubuntustudio-controls.png
/usr/share/app-install/icons/ubuntu-online-tour.png
/usr/share/app-install/icons/firefox-ubuntu-it-menu.png
/usr/share/app-install/icons/edubuntu.png
/usr/share/app-install/icons/_usr_share_cordova-ubuntu-2.8_examples_qrcode-scanner_img_qrcode.png
/usr/share/app-install/icons/_usr_share_ubuntu_settings_system_system-settings.png
/usr/share/app-install/icons/ubuntustudio-logo.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/22/ubuntuone-client-offline.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/22/ubuntuone-client-updating.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/22/ubuntuone-client-idle.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/22/ubuntuone-client-error.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/24/ubuntuone-client-offline.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/24/ubuntuone-client-updating.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/24/ubuntuone-client-idle.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/status/24/ubuntuone-client-error.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/22/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/22/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/22/softwarecenter-ubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/16/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/16/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/16/softwarecenter-ubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/48/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/48/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/48/softwarecenter-ubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/32/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/32/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/32/softwarecenter-ubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/24/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/24/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/24/softwarecenter-ubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/22/emblem-ubuntuone-synchronized.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/22/emblem-ubuntuone-updating.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/22/emblem-ubuntuone-unsynchronized.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/16/emblem-ubuntuone-synchronized.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/16/emblem-ubuntuone-updating.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/16/emblem-ubuntuone-unsynchronized.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/48/emblem-ubuntuone-synchronized.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/48/emblem-ubuntuone-updating.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/48/emblem-ubuntuone-unsynchronized.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/32/emblem-ubuntuone-synchronized.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/32/emblem-ubuntuone-updating.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/32/emblem-ubuntuone-unsynchronized.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/24/emblem-ubuntuone-synchronized.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/24/emblem-ubuntuone-updating.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/emblems/24/emblem-ubuntuone-unsynchronized.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/status/22/ubuntuone-client-offline.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/status/22/ubuntuone-client-updating.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/status/22/ubuntuone-client-idle.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/status/22/ubuntuone-client-error.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/status/24/ubuntuone-client-offline.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/status/24/ubuntuone-client-updating.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/status/24/ubuntuone-client-idle.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/status/24/ubuntuone-client-error.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/places/22/start-here-ubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X-Dark/places/24/start-here-ubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/places/ubuntu-logo.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/22x22/places/ubuntu-logo.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/places/ubuntu-logo.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/24x24/places/ubuntu-logo.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/unity-webapps-applications/apps/64/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/unity-webapps-applications/apps/48/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/unity-webapps-applications/apps/128/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/22/web-omgubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/22/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/22/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/22/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/22/ubuntu-sdk.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/16/web-omgubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/16/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/16/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/16/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/16/ubuntu-sdk.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/64/web-omgubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/64/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/64/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/64/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/64/ubuntu-sdk.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/48/web-omgubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/48/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/48/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/48/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/48/ubuntu-sdk.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/32/web-omgubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/32/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/32/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/32/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/32/ubuntu-sdk.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/96/web-omgubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/96/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/96/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/96/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/96/ubuntu-sdk.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/256/web-omgubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/256/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/256/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/256/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/256/ubuntu-sdk.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/24/web-omgubuntu.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/24/ubuntuone-music.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/24/ubuntu-tweak.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/24/ubuntuone.png
/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/24/ubuntu-sdk.png
/usr/share/plymouth/ubuntu-logo.png

the local topic https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/268551/fully-rename-my-own-gnu-linux-distribution may help you to find how to rename your distribution — francois P, Feb 12 '18 at 18:08
Please execute grep -wi ubuntu /etc/* as root and post the output here. Then we may find the source of the "Ubuntu" text. — Ned64, Feb 12 '18 at 18:46
It is probably easier debugging that app to learn where the name is coming from. — Rui F Ribeiro, Feb 12 '18 at 19:41
OK, you could have a look at /etc/os-release, but also (a) it could be an image (what program is this? where does it keeps its graphics?) (b) we might need to look elsewhere. — Ned64, Feb 12 '18 at 19:57
It seems to be added at compile time: https://askubuntu.com/questions/623613/wrong-distro-and-logo-in-gnome-control-center . You'll have to get the source and recompile the program with the new branding. — Mio Rin, Feb 12 '18 at 20:01
OK, let's try find /usr/share/ -type f -iname \*ubuntu\*png and see where it gets us. I do not believe a PNG image will be compiled into an ELF, though it's possible. — Ned64, Feb 12 '18 at 20:20
Of course, if you find an image, open it to see whether it is the one. if so, make a backup, then edit it and look whether the program looks different. — Ned64, Feb 12 '18 at 20:26
I don't know about you guys, but I'm not seeing any pics it could be. I checked a few but came up empty. — Batcastle, Feb 12 '18 at 20:38
@Ned64 You can add any kind of data to an elf, I just believe it is not usual, but it is certainly possible. (I am not making a mistake, adding instead of compiling, elf metadata) — Rui F Ribeiro, Feb 12 '18 at 22:20
@Ned64 Did not read it that way, sorry, my fault. You can add it after compiling too. — Rui F Ribeiro, Feb 13 '18 at 11:14
@Ned64 @RuiFRibeiro I searched my entire system for files with *-release in the name and checked them all. I came up with little more than the lsb-release and os-release files and what was new was virtually useless. — Batcastle, Feb 13 '18 at 18:08
What you could do in order to find out whether this is a file is to use strace gnome-control-center >& strace.out (that is the program in question, right?) and then filter the output file strace.out for open syscalls. Look at those files. Exit the program as quickly as possible after the logo is displayed so that the output is not as big. (strace may need to be installed if you do not have it). — Ned64, Feb 13 '18 at 18:16
@Ned64 I checked a few different times and nothing really popped out (granted there where A LOT of files so i may very well have missed something). Any other ideas? — Batcastle, Feb 13 '18 at 19:13
I am sure there are fewer files if you ignore .so and .xml, also filter like egrep '^open' strace.out. — Ned64, Feb 13 '18 at 19:16
@Ned64 After using egrep a few times and whittling things down, it wasn't there. — Batcastle, Feb 13 '18 at 21:54
@DorkFlower Too bad. Was gnome-control-center the right command, though? — Ned64, Feb 13 '18 at 22:28

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