On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 05:12:18PM -0500, Daniel Tasch wrote: > "One of the problems Linux users in countries like India have is low > bandwidth. They prefer to get their distributions on CD or DVD as far as > possible. Debian is very badly affected by this as we usually stress > updating over the net." > > This is not just a problem in contries like India. I am in the US and am > still on dialup, and can only get 26k at that. I have to update my redhat > by mirroring the updates at work where I have a good connection, burning a > CD, and brining it home via "sneakernet". > > I would love to be able to use Debian, but dealing with a new packaging > system along with it's extreem network-centeredness is making that > impossible. What Debian really needs is to give some consideration to > people who have to do this manually. Not everybody has a high-speed > internet connection. Please be more inclusive.
There's full CD sets of the latest stable release, plus the packaging system makes it easy-to-trivial to make your own local mirror offline, either via CDs or on a hard drive. Programs such as apt-zip can also help you maintain a system in circumstances where you don't have direct network connectivity. If none of those options rock your world, describe what *would* do it for you, and the chances are that somebody has already done it, or can describe it in a few minutes. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
