Problems with F9

[Richard Hughes]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 13:41 +0000, Croombe F. Pensom wrote:
> I wonder if anyone else has had similar troubles. My main objection is
> that, to use Add/Remove Software F9 always goes onto the web for a
> mirror and this chews up connect time (for which I am charged through
> the nose after a certain limit has been passed).

Right. It wants to show you the latest versions of everything. Fedora is
a fast moving distro.

> Does anyone know if it is possible to get ALL Fedora applications etc.
> (i.e. a complete repository) on DVD thus obviating the need to consume
> connect time?

You'll be downloading about 80Gb of data, that almost instantly will
become stale.

Richard.