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Paul Sutton wrote:
Technically yes, you can share the drive with NFS, Samba (or I guess SSHFS) and then access the DVD drive. Would work for data and unencrypted DVDs. For most DVD movies (i.e. the ones which are encrypted) you'd probably need to decrypt it somehow first.-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Neil Winchurst wrote:Michael Mortimore wrote:On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:47:19 -0000, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:On the other hand, maybe a netbook might be an option?I'll second the netbook option. I think they're a fantastic invention and as far as I've seen they have the added bonus of not coming with vistaMy son bought a netbook recently, eeePC. Then he had to buy a separate DVD drive to go with it. That certainly bumped up the price.is there a way to say stream a dvd across a network if you have a desktop with a dvd drive ?
I agree, I think that's the general idea. I have a DVD drive in my notebook but I don't use it that much. If I had a netbook without a DVD drive I'd simply get an external USB drive.IMHO one problem with notebooks is the lack of a DVD drive. There just isn't room for one of course. NeilWell for me a netbook + external storage such as a usb flash disk, would work fine, All i need it for really is course work, and something to carry around say to lug meets or so I can do course work at the rugby club, saves coming home and doing it,
Technically we can sometimes do that already, assuming someone comes along with a machine which is running Ubuntu.it would be nice to be able to demo ubuntu at lug meets to any non members who come along.
Yep, when the time comes, I'll probably get my kids a netbook each, won't be for a few years yet, for now they can make do with a desktop PC.Netbooks / notebooks / desktops all have their place it just depends what you want your computer for,
If it was me and I was installing stuff, I'd just connect to a network and download it, much easier than faffing around with USB sticks trying to get the right dependencies.Networking is cheap so it may be possible to share a dvd across a network. It's possible to at least transfer items to a usb flash disk, and install stuff that way, it seems Ubuntu is getting better at recognising disks with .deb files on and offers to install software or even do updates.
I do agree though, a USB stick is ideal for things like transferring general stuff, storing stuff or maybe having a USB stick with a live image on it for installation.
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