Am Dienstag, 9. September 2008 21:50:56 schrieb DJA: > Dexter Filmore wrote: > > A friend of mine needs a distro for desktop use and multimedia - but no > > internet connection at the place, long story. > > So - Kubuntu is out of the race. > > Needed: DVD, mp3, all sorts of video formats, wine so perhaps photoshop > > works, gimp. > > All that out of the box from install media without online repositories. > > Hints? > > What about Mint? > > > > Dex > > Since when is an Internet connection required to install Linux? > > o Download favorite ISO. > o Burn ISO to DVD > o Put DVD in drive > o Install > > And why is Kubuntu a special exclusion? If it precludes installation > without access to the Internet, then to quote Eric Cartman, "Lame". >
After fresh install of Kubuntu try: -playing some mp3. FAIL. no mp3 support without online repository. License mumbo jumbo, I was told. -play css encrypted dvd. FAIL. no medibuntu repos. -play weird movie format. FAIL. no w32codecs. Could download a couple of those manually and dpkg-i them, but if I miss one single dependency... > No matter what distro you choose, you'll need access to a package > repository to do updates. But that repository can be anywhere. Even on a > laptop or external USB/firewire/bare/drive. > > If you want everything, you can try a Fedora Unity "Everything" respin ISO. Sounds promising. I'll check it out. Dex -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a C++++ UL++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS+ PE Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ b++(+++) DI+++ D- G++ e* h>++ r* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
