On Wed, 16 Nov 2011, Nataraj wrote: > Unfortunately, I don't know of any distros that cater to anyone with > that level of security requirement anymore (or even someone who just > didn't have an Internet connection). There used to be distros where you > could receive updates monthly on a CDROM. Nowaday's all distros that > I'm aware of require internet access. I believe Apple has stopped > offering CD's or USB sticks of their OS and instead offer a BIOS that > knows how to install over the Internet. The way updates are shipped (in rpm form in a yum repo) works perfectly fine if you copy it onto portable media. I'd argue CentOS *does* cater for those people. Yum doesn't assume things are on the network, it's quite happy pointing at file based repos. jh