<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/12/1 Alex Faure <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex.faure@gmail.com">alex.faure@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I have 3 computers I am setting up with Ubuntu.<br><br>Is there a simple way to ensure that I only update files (and download new programs) once?<br><br>Obviously I am trying to create a server based update process - but I cannot see an easy way to do this.<br>
<br>Please excuse my ignorance - I am one month into exploring Ubuntu/Kubuntu and am slowly converting all my computers to Ubuntu - Good Bye MS!<br><br>I am also trying to understand Wine - since my son is terrified of loosing access to his favourite MS games.<br>
<br>Thanks<br><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"> <br>Alex Faure`<br></font></blockquote></div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">Hi Alex,</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">The best way to do this would be to create your own apt repository on one of your machines / servers. So that server will update itself from the ubuntu apt repository, and your other machines will update from that one.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">I've never done this on ubuntu, but I have on fedora using yum. It wasn't that complicated. If you google, you'll fine some useful blogs and howto's.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">Wine is pretty good, but you're probably going to have to dual boot windows to be able to play most games. unfortunately.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">regards</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">Louis</span></div>