On 12 January 2013 22:52, Dan Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical officer > on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time on many > remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and surrounds > are a stunning place to bring up a family. What's not so stunning are the > broadband costs http://www.cwfi.co.fk/images/cwfi/bbposteroct12.jpg > Admittedly the link is via a standard C&W satellite link which is always > expensive. > > Anyhow, he's a keen ubuntu user and I'm pretty sure there's no Falklands > ubuntu community group! > > This is my question - > > His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes "sudo apt-get update && sudo > apt-get -y dist-upgrade" may well use up much of his monthly allowance. > Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and > forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly intervals) > via this method? > My google-fu has failed me.
apt-offline might be a good way to go [1]. He could email the .sig file (which is small I think) to you and you could download the files to usb and post to him. [1] http://maketecheasier.com/update-upgrade-ubuntu-without-internet-connection/2012/07/10 Colin -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
