-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Levi Ramsey wrote: > On Mon Sep 15 23:17 +0200, Buchan Milne wrote:
>>This is only of value of course in places where fast connections are >>ubiquitous ... I would *stronly* suggest not pissing off users who >>bought boxed sets (or other media from the store) since they don't have >>the bandwidth to download ISOs ... > > > My suggestion is: do not include them on the download ISOs. If you have > the bandwidth to get the ISOs with any degree of speed, you can do a net > install on the servers. I thin that's a bad assumption. It's a bit difficult for me to do a net install when I am not near (bandwidth-wise) a mirror (but it's no problem installing off a CD I wrote from a mirror when I don't even have an internet connection). In South Africa, distribution of "free" linux is quite commonly done by asking on a mailing list for the distro of your choice, and someone who has access to a mirror (like I have to ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/iso-images and ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/mandrake) will write CDs for them at cost. I don't know how many of these are servers of course ... but a lot of them were probably not the latest machines ... I am sure similar things happen in many other band-width deprived countries ... Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/ZxBqrJK6UGDSBKcRAho6AJ47UxsYYjczOFEAL07Xu7D8kHuIuACeKcy4 tdBVPAwZ92qisvWgfzXG9us= =48c7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
