Installing and newbies

[Neil Winchurst]

On Thu, 8 May 2008 13:07:44 -0400
"Andrew Jarrett" <jarrett.andrew at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Neil Winchurst <neil at holsdev.vispa.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 08 May 2008 11:34:05 -0300 Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> > > And the install CD _should_ be in sources.list by default.
> >
> >  Why is that? If I am going to install something I don't want the
> >  version that is on the install CD because it might by now be out of
> >  date. I want the version from the repositories. Or am I missing
> >  something here?
> 
> Perhaps because one may not have internet access or he/she may have dial-up.
> 
> 
> Andrew
> 
OK, I can see that. However for me with broadband it is simpler to
keep to the repositories. The other reply seemed to suggest that I
should not have commented it out. I was just wondering why.

Thanks

Neil