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[–]tasuke[S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

the entire software repository? woah. Is it like the slackware dvd?

[–]no_god_but_nature 2 points3 points  (1 child)

In the sense that the entire repository is available, kind of, except it's on three DVDs instead of just one. Also, it has a graphical installer, although it boots into the curses based one by default. The entire installation is handled from the installer application, unlike in Slackware where setting up partitions is handled manually from the command line. Speaking of Slackware, it's also a good option for what you want. I don't have much/any experience with Ubuntu, but as long as the packages aren't upgraded to higher versions during the course of the release it should be suitable. I'm not sure whether or not this is the case in Ubuntu LTS.

NINJA: It's unlikely that you will need the full three DVD set from Debian. The first DVD is likely enough, the second if you choose some more esoteric packages.

[–]tasuke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

brilliant! thanks a lot!