At 07 September, 2003 Ted Satcher wrote:
> Hi all,
>   I'm still in the 20th century here in Alabama
> and I don't have a high speed internet connection.
> Can the gentoo distribution realistically be maintained
> with a slow connection?

Indeed it can! I've still just got a 56K modem and I can still manage an
emerge rsync/world every time I get around to it. Heck, I'm doing an
emerge rsync right now... doesn't take more than half an hour or so
unless you've been severely remiss in updating the machine.

Of course, having your PPP set to go up on demand helps a bunch. If the
connection drops while something's downloading, it'll often be able to
continue without even restarting (if I get the same address I was
dropped from).

-- 
Andrew Farmer
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