From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KjEwo-0005ab-0F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:09:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3E7DDE0700; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:09:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts20.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.74]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26080E0700 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:09:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from toip6.srvr.bell.ca ([209.226.175.125]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20080926150932.EMJL1666.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@toip6.srvr.bell.ca> for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:09:32 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEADSX3EhGMXVp/2dsb2JhbACBXrtVgWQ Received: from bas1-toronto01-1177646441.dsl.bell.ca (HELO sympatico.ca) ([70.49.117.105]) by toip6.srvr.bell.ca with SMTP; 26 Sep 2008 11:04:41 -0400 Received: by sympatico.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:09:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:09:31 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] suggest not-net-hungry Linux Message-ID: <20080926150931.GB4528@sympatico.ca> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <200809261738.37004@goldspace.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200809261738.37004@goldspace.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: e804e8c7-b895-413a-983f-df312fb5f169 X-Archives-Hash: cefe6292e42d5ff31c226c25c84c1dce 080926 Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > I want to install Linux to my friend's PC. > I can download installation CD iso (or two), but the main problem is > that PC during next few months will have dialup connection (33600) only. Mandriva is what I used before Gentoo (2000-3) & it seems to remain the best all-purpose binary distro. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca