Installing and newbies

[O. Sinclair]

Neil Winchurst wrote:
> On Thu, 08 May 2008 16:48:27 -0300
> Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Pete wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You shouldn't have _needed_ to comment it out (OK, _I_ comment it out
>>>> too, because I rarely actually have a copy of the CD I originally
>>>> installed from
>>>> available).  If you only want something that's newer in the repositories
>>>> than on the CD, it shouldn't afaik ask you to insert the CD.
>>>
>>> However, IIRC if the version on the CD is the _same_ as the version in the
>>> repository, I think it  goes for the CD.
>> Absolutely.  Which for the majority of Ubuntu users is probably still a Good
>> Thing.
>> -- 
>> derek
>>
>>
> I have installed kubuntu on my brother's laptop, for example, but I
> have the CD so I have commented out the reference to the CD for him
> too. And I am surprised by the above information about the CD being
> the preference if the versions are the same. I wonder why.

Because we do not all live in "broadband wonderland"... I share a 256k 
DSL with 10 others at work and only have dialup at home. Then you LOVE 
to install from CD rather than internet.

Sinclair