Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > No, no, no!... I was, is and am going to be on Gentoo. Just want to install > Linux to my friend's PC. I can download installation CD iso (or two), but > the main problem is, that PC during next few months will have dialup > connection (33600) only. As a result, I need to choose Linux with minimal > net traffic in mind (just security updates will be sufficient). There are > no any special demands (OOo, images and PDF viewer, Firefox, Thunderbird > and Krusader (or other two panel file manager) will be a sufficient apps > set for beginning, + booting to level 5). > > Suggestions? > > P.S. You see, there is a little sense to address this question to, say, suse > or ubuntu or other candidate's community :-) - so, excuse please for OT. > > > Andrew > > Gentoo is only net-hungry on the install and on updates.....If you can do the install before he goes net-free, then your fine, glsa-check should cover you for the updates....
I would assume that in most cases source tarballs will be smaller than binaries to download too :) -- Please consider encrypting private mails - PGP Key ID 0x91F57667 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x91F57667&op=index
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