Re: How to find software?

[Katipo <katipo@westnet.com.au>]

hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 11:03:26AM -0500, Matthias Julius wrote:
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> > Katipo <katipo@westnet.com.au> writes:
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> >    
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> > > Steve Lamb wrote:
> > >      
> > >
> > > >   Am I the only one who's reading this exchange and wondering what people
> > > > are thinking?
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > No.
> > > As the OP has contacted the list, it's fairly safe to assume that he
> > > has net access?
> > >      
> > What tells you that the OP contacted the list from the same machine he
> > wants to install LaTeX on?
> >
> >    
> >
> > > What's wrong with a net install with aptitude or the ilk.
> > >      
> > Not everyone is up to wait and/or pay to see large packages like tetex
> > trickling through a phone line.  Especially if he has the CDs already.
> >    
>
> If he has the CDs already, aptitude would prompt him to install the proper
> CD when he tries to install tetex.  If not, it won't know about tetex.
> So I presume he will take out replies and *then* go to get the proper CD from 
> whatever source he had to buy CDs from.  Could CDs be expensive where he lives?  
> Or hard to obtain?  Or does he have it fixed in his mind that he has to download 
> entire CDs instead of just packages?  I have no idea.  I can't imagine it would 
> cost him less to download a CD when he only needs one package.  I can imagine 
> he'd like to buy one CD, though.
>
> I'm really curious about this.
>
>  
It depends on the individual environment, I suppose.

Here, a local call is worth twenty cents.
A loaf of bread, a lot more.
And computors don't need to sleep here, so I did a net install over my 
56K modem, with no pain whatsoever, while I was in bed.
Including LaTeX and Alsa, and a whole lot more.
Regards,