Unfortunately, in the regions there are still very few who have unlimited or at least cheap Internet. And as you know, Linux (including Ubuntu) practically cannot live at all in the absence of the Internet. This is a system update, and, of course, the installation of all programs. Without the Internet, you cannot feel the advantage of Linux in a simple installation.
However, many
have access to the Internet : at work, at the university, etc. So why not just take advantage of this: download the necessary programs in one place, and install where there is no Internet at all? Everything seems to seem simple - just go to the resource
Ubuntu Packages Search and download the necessary deb-packages. But there are some problems:
- So almost no download updates to the system.
- Many programs pull along a bunch of different packages and libraries by dependencies. It is not known exactly what is already in the system, and downloading everything is very difficult.
- this is enough to abandon such an idea. But! There is a resource
Nonetdebs , already from the name of which it is clear that it can solve these problems.
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