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On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 06:05:53PM +0100, Peter Alefounder wrote:
> Can anyine give advice on how to install an up-to-date version of Linux
> without having an internet connection, please?
>
> Would it possible to obtain, for example, Debian on CDs and install it
> without internet access? The software I would want is nothing out of the
> ordinary - openoffice.org, GIMP, C, Perl, Apache, web browsers, something
> to write CDs. Would my graphics card cause any problem - nVIDIA GeForce4
> (MSI G4MX460 to be precise)?
Take a look at the Debian page about their CD images[1], and (e.g.)
one of their mirrors[2]. The packages are sorted by popularity, so you
will probably only need the first few CDs to get most if not all of
the software you want. Note the first couple of paragraphs of [3]
before you start downloading, though.
Hugo.
[1]
http://www.debian.org/CD/
[2]
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r1/i386/iso-cd/
[3]
http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/
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