On Saturday 27 September 2008, jaeyoung lee wrote: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Steven Lembark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 :) > > > > If you can download the runtime image > > + portage beforehand onto a thumb drive > > or DVD's the Gentoo install isn't even > > all that net hungry. > > > > You might find that Damn Small Linux is, > > well, damn small and doesn't take that > > much bandwidth to download. > > > > -- > > Steven Lembark 85-09 90th St. > > Workhorse Computing Woodhaven, NY, 11421 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 888 359 3508 > > you can use ArchLinux it's also good:)
except when it replaces a package with a higher version one without any kind of information to distinguish them (vmlinuz? but which one?)