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Andrew Gaydenko wrote: |
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> No, no, no!... I was, is and am going to be on Gentoo. Just want to install |
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> Linux to my friend's PC. I can download installation CD iso (or two), but |
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> the main problem is, that PC during next few months will have dialup |
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> connection (33600) only. As a result, I need to choose Linux with minimal |
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> net traffic in mind (just security updates will be sufficient). There are |
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> no any special demands (OOo, images and PDF viewer, Firefox, Thunderbird |
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> and Krusader (or other two panel file manager) will be a sufficient apps |
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> set for beginning, + booting to level 5). |
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> Suggestions? |
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> P.S. You see, there is a little sense to address this question to, say, suse |
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> or ubuntu or other candidate's community :-) - so, excuse please for OT. |
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> Andrew |
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Gentoo is only net-hungry on the install and on updates.....If you can |
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do the install before he goes net-free, then your fine, glsa-check |
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should cover you for the updates.... |
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I would assume that in most cases source tarballs will be smaller than |
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binaries to download too :) |
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