begging for help

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Peter Damoc Wrote: 
> I know there are a lot of issues that need to be addressed by the Ubuntu
> developers, I know that there are more important things  to work on but
> still I have a problem and if I express it maybe some kind soul with a
> little bit more knowledge and a little bit more free time than me could
> help me.
> 
> The situation is like this:
> I have installed Warty on my brother's PC but I might have been a
> little too foolhardy to leave him without Windows.
> He is 8 and at that age games are a little more important than GNU.
> Now what can I do? I want to install games on his machine BUT that
> machine does not have an internet connection.
> I know that there are Games orientated distros out there but I still
> want to use Ubuntu.
> There are a lot of nice games that are in the Ubuntu universe
> repositories but without an internet connection how can I access them?
> download packages and hope the requirements are met?
> A simpler solution, at least in my view, would be some kind of "bonus
> pack".
> In theory I could download this "bonus pack" and burn it on a CD or put
> it on my USB thumb and subsequently install it on my brother's PC.
> 
> someone with enough knowledge could create a script that would take in
> account what packages are available on the Warty CD and what other
> packages need to be included in the "bonus pack" so that it could be
> installed. If this script is done right maybe it could create "bonus
> packs" for Hoary, Grumpy, Perky, etc.
> 
> One more thing... my bro's PC does not have a 3D capable card as it is
> an old computer so maybe that could be taken into account when creating
> these "bonus packs".
> 
> I don't mind RTFM... so if someone with more knowledge and less time
> could help me create those "bonus packs" I would be more than happy,
> just point me to the relevant parts that I need to read! I have some
> python knowledge... who knows, maybe I might have enough knowledge to
> pull this of... with some help of course :)
> 
> Thanks in advance for any kind of input on this matter.
> 
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> Peter Damoc
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> http://www.sigmacore.net/
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Download the .debs only (you can use apt for that, there is a switch).
burn to CD-RW.
Insert CD into his system and use dpkg -i <package> to install


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