[Ilugc] install linux without internet access

[Raman.P]

--- On Wed, 4/4/12, kenneth gonsalves <lawgon at thenilgiris.com> wrote:

> From: kenneth gonsalves <lawgon at thenilgiris.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ilugc] install linux without internet access
> To: ilugc at ae.iitm.ac.in
> Date: Wednesday, 4 April, 2012, 5:56 PM
> On Wed, 2012-04-04 at 17:52 +0530,
> Balachandran Sivakumar wrote:
> > > So my question is: can one install Fedora without
> internet - and if
> > not is there a distro
> > >  that can be installed without internet
> > 
> >          You can install
> Debian without Internet. But better to have
> > the first DVD(instead of just the 1st CD) handy. But
> if  you are
> > comfortable with command line for common tasks, CD is
> good enough. 
> 
> how many dvds and cds does one need for debian? And is it ok
> for basic
> doze users (people who struggle to upgrade from vista to
> 7)?
> -- 
> regards
> Kenneth Gonsalves
> 

Normally First DVD is enough. You get Openoffice, vlc player, browsers etc., with it. 


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