I've posted my slides as requested, after updating them with the point
form notes from my cue cards. Hopefully they'll be a bit more useful
now. Also at end of the presentation, is the list of software that I
use and how to get it.
The slides can be downloaded at http://geemoo.ca/talks/oclug
Brenda J. Butler wrote:
>
> OCLUG has some ubuntu CDs - if that method will work I can give
> you one. It is a single CD (as opposed to the Debian releases
> which were more comprehensive and filled many CDs).
The basic install was from a CD I downloaded from one of the listed
mirror sites, I bel
ubuntu being based on debian, perhaps there is a way to get
most of the packages from a CD or DVD? Something like adding
a CD source to your /etc/apt/sources.list?
If I remember clearly, you can put the CD in the CD drive and
give the command
apt-cdrom
this will put an entry like:
deb
Charles MacDonald wrote:
> I have been going slow, asking for a coupple of packeges a day, and it
> seems to keep trying to get them for me from ca.archve.ubuntu.com/
>
> The only problem is that it has been downloading at a rate of about
> 2kbs.
I typically get much faster speeds from that mirror
I have recently started to configure a new laptop with Kubuntu 8.10
I have been going slow, asking for a coupple of packeges a day, and it
seems to keep trying to get them for me from ca.archve.ubuntu.com/
The only problem is that it has been downloading at a rate of about
2kbs. this afternoon
