[ILUG] Reccomending a distro for the offline user

[Gareth Eason]

	If the machine is going to be offline, then security considerations 
(one of the main reasons for requiring updates) is somewhat lessened, so 
it's really just a matter of getting the software you need in some kind 
of maintainable packaged format.

	If your target user is relatively new to Linux, I would suggest that 
you go for one of the larger distros, simply because support, 
applications and documentation is going to be so much easier to find. 
RedHat, Debian, Mandrake and Ubuntu are all excellent and all have good 
package management systems allowing you to either connect to the 
internet for updates, or burn packages a CD (or similar) and update 
offline machines from that medium.

	Just my 2p worth (if even that much :-) ) Hope it helps.

	Best regards,
	-->Gar

	

JR wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied to my post of a similar title. I managed to make a 
> haems of my mail folder by playing with mutt while also running kmail, so I 
> couldnt reply to the actual thread (lost all my old mail).
> 
> I'll look into dynabolic. Another interesting distro I hadn't heard of was 
> mentioned too, but I've lost those mails. Anbody care to send it again?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jarlath