[clue-tech] Ubuntu Installation

[Brian Gibson]

If the Edubuntu packages aren't already in the Xubuntu
main repository, they're bound to be in either the
universe or multiverse repository.  

The easiest way for a newbie to enable these
repositories is to start System->Synaptic Package
Manager and select Settings->Repositories.  On the
first tab you'll see a bunch of checkboxes for each
repository.  If you click anywhere within the package
list, you can then type the package name and Synaptic
will do a live search.  Alternatively, you can click
the Search button and also search the descriptions.

Edubuntu is probably not for newbies.  It's primarily
a way to set up a Linux Terminal Server.  You have one
main box and then all the computers on your network
are thin clients that netboot from the LTS.  You
manage all your software and  users on the LTS---i.e.
one computer to install software and one computer to
backup.  It's similar to the way some standalone
MythTV frontends work (see LinuxMCE).  What we need is
an LTS-based SOHO distribution.  I think there's one
in the making but I have not seen much progress.


--- "A.T. Yuhasz" <owl5138 at indra.com> wrote:

> As some of you know, I am a complete novice where
> Linux is concerned.
> 
> After many failures to install Edubuntu Linux 7.10
> on my old Win 98 
> computer, I gave up and successfully installed
> Xubuntu. (This is a dual-boot 
> configuration.)
> 
> I would like to install some of the applications
> that are bundled with 
> Edubuntu.
> 
> Is it possible to somehow extract them from the
> Edubuntu install disk?
> 
> The computer in question has no internet access.
> 
> I have internet access on another computer
> (obviously!).
> 
> Can I download applications (packages), move them to
> the other computer 
> (sneaker net)
> and install them from there?
> 
> What is the easiest way?
> 
> Perhaps the next InstallFest!
> 
> Al
> A. T. Yuhasz
> Denver, CO
> owl5138 at indra.com
>  
> 
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