Linux format review: Fedora Core 4

[Nicu Buculei]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Nicu Buculei wrote:
> 
>> This argument is valid. Dial-up users does not download isos over 
>> their dial-up connection, they either 1) download at other place (at 
>> work, a friend), 2) borrow and copy the discs or 3) wait (in my 
>> country like 3 or 4 months after a release) for a computer magazine to 
>> come out with the discs included. So for them the content of the 
>> install set is very important.
>>
> 1) and 2) can be done for individual packages too. In fact for both 
> these cases, downloading what they want instead of whole ISO images 
> makes a lot more sense

I an not on dial-up at home, only on a slow neighborhood LAN, but I did 
such crazy things like fully updating my work computer and going home 
with the complete content of /var/cache/yum/ on CDRW, but is not very 
convenient.

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