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Re: 'apt-get upgrade' Over Slow Connection



* Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu>, 2003-06-30 09:37 -0400:
> 'apt-get upgrade' is fine if you've got a fast Internet connection.
> 
> However, what do folks do when they still have *slow* Internet
> connections (waiting for DSL, my home system still only works at
> ~25kbps, maybe ~30kbps)?
> 
> Is it possible to have my home system find out what's needed, create a
> file with that info, transfer it to my office machine, get the needed
> files, put them on a CD, read the CD at home, and update/upgrade?

Why not use the stable branch. Very few upgrades :)

-Andre

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