[SGVLUG] linux w/o broadband

[Matthew Gallizzi]

Claude,

I would recommend ubuntu over any other distro. If she's just going to be
using the live cd for a bit, she won't be installing any other packages so
she wouldn't really need the Internet connection for that. If she was going
to do a hard drive install, then the 1 cd ubuntu comes with is enough for
desktop computing. During the install, the ubuntu desktop cd does not get
any packages from the net. Good job on advocating linux!

On 9/19/06, Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a linux distro that doesn't require broadband
> access to complete the installation?
>
> One of they guys here at work will be traveling overseas for vacation
> and is bringing a system for a relative who is a CS major.  Apparently
> she's been using a Pentium 1 so she just needs hardware, no software
> requests.  I suggested Linux but wasn't sure what distro to recommend.
>
> I understand that she only has dialup access so I think she'd prefer a
> distro that has everything on cd's.  I'm used to a Mandrake distro
> which consists of 3 to 5 cd's yet from what i can tell at the ubuntu
> site, there's only a single live CD.  Does that mean it requires
> internet access to download additional packages?
>
> The HP sales droid recommended the latest RHE but I didn't see the
> point in paying for support for something she may not use.  I would
> have recommended Mandriva but they are currently doing release
> candidates for the new 2007 edition.   For now I'd like to recommend a
> good live distro so she can at least try things then she can either
> order a full distro herself or request that my coworker send her
> something when he gets back.
>
> claude
>



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Matthew Gallizzi
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