NonBroadbandUsers

Revision 6 as of 2005-10-23 19:09:20

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Summary

Non-Broadband Users -In general have some thoughts at non-broadband users and what they need/miss.

Rationale

Use cases

  • Alice does not have broadband at home, but she has broadband at work. Using a nifty front-end to apt-zip, she is able to collect the packages she needs at work on her USB key for installation when she returns home.
  • Bob uses Ubuntu on his laptop, and rarely connects to any network. He finds the network detection phase of the boot process very slow, and would like to disable it.
  • Using a DVD containing all of Universe, Chris is able to install vastly more packages than are available on the installation CD without any connection to the internet.
  • Joe, who doesn't have broadband at home, uses apt for windows or webapt at his windows machine at work to download a program including all its dependencies which are not installed by default on ubuntu in one compressed file, so he can install it easily at home.
  • Mary, who doesn't have broadband at home, has to configure dialup. Right now, she's stuffed.

Scope

Design

Implementation

Code

Data preservation and migration

Outstanding issues

BoF agenda and discussion