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This is a continuity from my previous post Get Ubuntu Repositories on DVD.

Now you can get Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Repository DVD images from ftp://tuma.ui.edu/pub/ubuntu-repository/7.04/.

While some might argue that putting the whole Ubuntu repository on DVD is unnecessary, having it is nice especially when you need to install software packages in places where a high-speed internet connection (broadband) is not available.

Please refer here for a guide to add the DVD on Feisty Fawn repository list. You can also read the guide in Indonesian language from http://wiki.ubuntu-id.org/DistribusiDvdReposUbuntu

Alternatively, you can create a customized Repository CD/DVD that suit your needs using AptOnCD utility to be used on a computer which does not have a high speed internet connection.

-Hope that would help

[tags]ubuntu,feisty fawn,feisty,debian[/tags]

Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol responsible for keeping your computer time in sync (Standard Time) with the rest of the world. Keeping up with standard time with the rest of the world proves to be useful when you’re interacting with the rest of computers across the world.

Here’s how to manually update your computer time to syncronise with NTP, from the terminal run ‘ntpdate’ command


sudo ntpdate europe.pool.ntp.org north-america.pool.ntp.org


If you live in South-East Asia like me, you can synchronize your computer time with the Malaysian/SIngapore NTP server


sudo ntpdate 3.asia.pool.ntp.org 1.asia.pool.ntp.org


Note that the synchronizing process is usually done automatically by the operating system when the computer is connected to the internet. This command is useful if you wish to synchronize your computer manually when you’re connected to internet.

[tags]ntpd,ntp,ubuntu,debian[/tags]