On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 09:18:39AM -0700, Russ Johnson wrote: > >Hmm, half the Linux dists I know to be worthwhile require a network > >connection for installation. > > And in my world, requiring an external connection for installation is a > bad thing.
I'd agree, but the distribution makers are idiots. ;) There are a couple of dists that can do what you need--suse and debian both ship on 10,000 CDs so you have everything including the kitchen sink. In fact debian probably has two or three different versions of the kitchen sink--version 20 and 21, plus xkitchen-sink as of the last time I checked some year ago. Version 19 was finally obsoleted. > Case in point, what if I can't get online, for whatever reason?? Typically, these days, unable to get online is a far bigger problem than is any issue of an OS installation. But then, that is not ubiquitous to everyone yet. Yet--we're approaching that time now, some of us are just already there. > Just because there's no internet, doesn't mean the system is useless. I > can think of many uses for a box that will never be on the internet, and > several for a box that's never going to see a network card. I have one of those uses, but it involves securely generating keys. Incidentally, ATMs and POS systems are even being connected to the internet these days, and these are the typical disconnected systems. Of course, many of these Internet-connected highly sensitive devices are running Windows, which makes them a lucrative and easy target, but I digress. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
