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Offline bmarkus

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Re: is there a way to download ALL the repo?
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2013, 01:12:46 PM »
...who would love to use TC for its minimalist speed...

Nice wording
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Re: is there a way to download ALL the repo?
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2013, 02:37:36 PM »
Hi jackarius86
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...who would love to use TC for its minimalist speed and consistency, ...
Maybe you meant to say  ...who would love to use TC for its minimalist environment, speed, and consistency, ...
Of course when you add:
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multiple everything.
to the mix, there's nothing minimalistic about it anymore, is there?
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... also it gives a chance to experiment with them to work out which ones you prefer.
I'm sure there are plenty of distros out there that come packed with multiple editors, browsers, audio/video players, etc.
One could just as easily download one of those behemoths to figure out which programs they prefer.
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It also means that everything you need and the majority of the things that you want are readily available without the need for internet.
And since some of  "the things that you want"  are missing, you still won't be happy, and need the Internet anyway.
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But what about those who wish to use it as a recovery tool, ...
There are recovery ISOs out there. If they don't do what you want, you would have to create it the way you think it
should work anyway.
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Consider a programmer who couldnt care less about going online and just wants to sit and write/compile, is he going to sit there and do it all in vi when his preference is vim?
OK, now that's just silly. What makes you think they will want to download a package with multiple browsers, mail clients,
office packages (oo2, openoffice3, libreoffice), desktop environments, etc. They would download the tool chain and
editor of their choice.
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... but they wouldnt know where to begin with it, is it wise to dismiss these types of people?
This forum doesn't dismiss anyone. If someone has a problem, and an answer is available, it is provided.
The mission of this distro is not to be a turnkey system, but rather a "minimalist" system that you can build up into
whatever you want.

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Re: is there a way to download ALL the repo?
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2013, 05:18:41 PM »
I can see theres no point in picking bones about it, its just one mans opinion..

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Re: is there a way to download ALL the repo?
« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2013, 06:11:22 PM »
you're making it easy for yourself.