[ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

[Colin Law]

On 12 January 2013 22:52, Dan Fish <dan at fishms.org> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical officer
> on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time on many
> remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and surrounds
> are a stunning place to bring up a family. What's not so stunning are the
> broadband costs http://www.cwfi.co.fk/images/cwfi/bbposteroct12.jpg
> Admittedly the link is via a standard C&W satellite link which is always
> expensive.
>
> Anyhow, he's a keen ubuntu user and I'm pretty sure there's no Falklands
> ubuntu community group!
>
> This is my question -
>
> His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes "sudo apt-get update && sudo
> apt-get -y dist-upgrade" may well use up much of his monthly allowance.
> Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and
> forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly intervals)
> via this method?
> My google-fu has failed me.

apt-offline might be a good way to go [1].  He could email the .sig
file (which is small I think) to you and you could download the files
to usb and post to him.

[1] http://maketecheasier.com/update-upgrade-ubuntu-without-internet-connection/2012/07/10

Colin