From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN, DMARC_MISSING,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailnews.kub.nl (mailnews.kub.nl [137.56.0.220]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF162AC42D for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:54:41 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mail.sub.devrieze.net (gt0416.kub.nl [137.56.97.162]) by mailnews.kub.nl (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g5DIsbvA004675 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 20:54:37 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pavlvs1.local.devrieze.net (pavlvs1.local.devrieze.net [192.168.1.1]) by mail.sub.devrieze.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7A0F25F5 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 20:54:36 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Silly question Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 20:54:36 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.1 References: <20020613160308.YSPQ4072.fl-mta05@jenkins-ws> In-Reply-To: <20020613160308.YSPQ4072.fl-mta05@jenkins-ws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200206132054.36201.pauldv@cs.kun.nl> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: ffe313cf-e7ae-4c44-89e4-212a4d341ed6 X-Archives-Hash: a7878c469ec26340dd437815e6facd8d On Thursday 13 June 2002 18:03, Charles Jenkins wrote: > I'm interested in getting Gentoo Linux, but I have a 56k dialup > connection. Do I understand correctly that the install CD will want > to download stuff, if, for example, I ask for KDE 3? > > I'm trying to determine if Gentoo is practical for a slow-speed > dialup user. > Yes, depending on your install (and whether or not you use the stage3) yo= u=20 will need to download data from 200 MB to over a gigabyte. It is possible= to=20 do this downloading at another site and transfer the sources by=20 cd-(re)writeable. Installing by modem is possible but not advisable=20 (especially if you need to pay per minute/second). Paul --=20 Paul de Vrieze Junior Researcher Mail: pauldv@cs.kun.nl Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net