is ubuntu suitable for computer without internet connection..

Tommy Trussell tommy.trussell at gmail.com
Tue Aug 9 15:59:03 UTC 2005


On 8/9/05, Sasha Tsykin <psychosushi at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> go to http://ubuntuguide.org/ for a guide and print it off. That is for
> i386 installs. It has installation guides for other architectures too

I agree that it's a good resource but I would propose that this
particular guide is MOST useful from an Internet connection -- almost
everything in it presumes an active connection.

The original poster was asking whether Ubuntu would be useful in his
dorm without Internet, and I agree with the sentiments that it would.
Of course it would mostly be useful for word processing, GIMP (image
editing), playing music CDs and maybe learning more about linux from a
user's perspective. If the person needs more multimedia tools (for
playing DVDs or editing videos for example) or wants to install and
use a software development environment for example, it would require a
temporary network connection while those items are being installed.

There are many good books on linux -- some of the best (in my opinion)
are published by O'Reilly http://www.oreilly.com/ but as others have
said, watch out for extremely specific information for a non-Debian
distro (Red Hat is one example) but a LOT will carry over between
them.




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