That is exactly the kind of thing we like to talk about at this kiddie table ;)
I would be interested in learning the steps to do this as an educational exercise. At an abstract level I've implemented this type of infrastructure for my Slackware boxen at home. I would imagine that Debian has a wiki/blog article providing the same steps with different tools. I guess the place to start would be to look up any documentation or how-tos for hosting a Debian 'repository mirror'. You could then customize that process according to your needs. As for the general PLUG mindset - Nobody here is going to lynch you for trying to disconnect yourself from corporate monopolies. We might even help :) -Ben On Thursday, June 11th, 2026 at 11:53 PM, George <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys. I'm trying to plan against the inevitable apocalypse and get all > the .deb files i might want onto a local robot. > This way i can reinstall anything i use without internet access (or roaming > the wasteland searching bombed out universities, hoping this thumb > drive still works ). > I figure it's only a matter of time before everything free isn't. I guess, > once downloaded, it gets formatted into a readable organization, with a > Packages file, using reprepro, and then link > nginx over to the pool/ list. > I'm wondering, only recently having wandered in after lurking you guyses > posts on and off since the 90's, if this is the sort of thing you like to > talk about? > Or should i head back over to the kiddie table in shame? > Or, likewise, am i gonna get jailed for talking about stuff that's reserved > to the scripture of paid gurus? > Mostly, i joined cuz i'm looking for someone in Hillsboro to talk to about > this junk over a beer, without having to drive into PDX to do it. > (I love PDX in that wistful way that i reminisce about how great my ex-wife > used to be.) > -gbk >
