Claude,<br><br>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!
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/19/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Claude Felizardo</b> <<a href="mailto:cafelizardo@gmail.com">cafelizardo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Can anyone recommend a linux distro that doesn't require broadband<br>access to complete the installation?<br><br>One of they guys here at work will be traveling overseas for vacation<br>and is bringing a system for a relative who is a CS major. Apparently
<br>she's been using a Pentium 1 so she just needs hardware, no software<br>requests. I suggested Linux but wasn't sure what distro to recommend.<br><br>I understand that she only has dialup access so I think she'd prefer a
<br>distro that has everything on cd's. I'm used to a Mandrake distro<br>which consists of 3 to 5 cd's yet from what i can tell at the ubuntu<br>site, there's only a single live CD. Does that mean it requires<br>internet access to download additional packages?
<br><br>The HP sales droid recommended the latest RHE but I didn't see the<br>point in paying for support for something she may not use. I would<br>have recommended Mandriva but they are currently doing release<br>candidates for the new 2007 edition. For now I'd like to recommend a
<br>good live distro so she can at least try things then she can either<br>order a full distro herself or request that my coworker send her<br>something when he gets back.<br><br>claude<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Matthew Gallizzi