On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 08:52:31AM +0200, Narcis Garcia wrote: > If you *will* be connected to the internet you *will* need to install > security updates; > Internet is not the only source for packages (&updates). If someone > installs Debian on 3 computers (or repeats installation 3 times), it > shouldn't mean to use 3x internet traffic repeating installer downloads. > > A) This user can save and reuse packages cache and apply updates at the > convenient moment. > B) When repeating install at the same computer (e.g. changing install > decisions such as partitioning, architecture, etc.) the user only needs > updates on final one. > > Most of internet uses on the world have really low bandwidth accessing > to the internet, and making (some) unnecessary downloads can be a money > & time problem. > > + > I've participated on an "install party" where only half of Debian > installs could be done because of this issue.
If you are doing an install party, set up a proxy server. That really really helps a lot. -- Len Sorensen