[PLUG] Rat off a Sinking Ship?
Russell Senior
seniorr at aracnet.com
Wed Jan 22 16:44:01 UTC 2003
>>>>> "alan" == alan <alan at clueserver.org> writes:
alan> I don't think he could install Debian. He has a 56k modem line,
alan> if that. Most Debian distributions insist on downloading
alan> anything and everything.
Not everything, just the packages that are installed, which _can_ be
rather limited. Also, you _can_ use CD-ROMs (if you can find them),
it's just a matter of setting your /etc/apt/sources.list
appropriately. But sure, broadband is a pleasant thing to have.
--
Russell Senior ``I've seen every kind of critter God ever made,
seniorr at aracnet.com and I ain't never seen a meaner, lower, more
stinkin' yellow hypocrite than you!''
-- Burl Ives as Rufus Hennessy
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