Ubuntu blues

[nuopus]

Rémi Cardona Wrote: 
> nuopus wrote:
> > All I can say is try it. In a virtual machine or a spare partition
> ...
> > try performing a new installation and say YES to download from the
> > internet ... it will download all of the packages that are part of
> > ubuntu-desktop. Try it again and this time say NO to download from
> the
> > Internet .. it will get it from the local cache this time. When you
> add
> > the repos and update then upgrade it will only download a fraction
> of
> > what it would have dowloaded if you said YES.
> >
> > The installer I think copies the debs into a cache directory as part
> > of the installer ... but if it is re-downloading the stuff from the
> > Internet the copy during the installer stage is a waste of time.
> 
> I noticed pretty much the same issue on two different installs, but
> it's 
> hard to actually come up with numbers unless I set up a proxy on my 
> router (or something else).
> 
> Perhaps a bug should be filled or let's continue this discussion in 
> another thread as this one outgrew my thunderbird window :)
> 
> Rémi
> 
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LOL ya. But no need to count exact numbers when saying YES will
download over 100 and NO will download only around 10 or so when you
upgrade.

We have a new bunch of students coming in and we will test it some more
then file a bug report.


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nuopus