is ubuntu suitable for computer without internet connection..

::albert:: titikhitam at gmail.com
Wed Aug 10 02:23:59 UTC 2005


On 8/10/05, Guido Heumann <listguido at web.de> wrote:

> Perhaps you could try out this:
> 
> Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Add-On CD
> http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2005-July/041909.html
> 
> And if you have another PC with good internet connection, you could
> probably download the DVD image, which contains the whole ubuntu archive
> AFAIK, and use it as an offline package repository. (install from normal
> CD, later insert dvd and execute "apt-cdrom add"?. Didn't try this out
> myself though).
> 
> Well, it seems that ubuntu is only doing dvd images for the
> in-development breezy, but there are still older Hoary dvds around, e.g.:
> http://nginyang.uvt.nl//hoary/

so you mean that i should buy the dvd which contain offline repository
and then copy it to my box and do apt-cdrom add instead of apt-get
install?

> Hope that helps,
> Guido




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