> Hallo! > > I've downloaded Linuxin, a Debian based 1 CD spanish distro > (http://linuxin.paislinux.net/). Here's md5sum's > file: > -------- > 620a0bb7696bf55f3a143220a8853002 ./linuxin-1.0r1.iso > 16b9e54036cfd50458f649cb4907721b ./linuxin-1.0r1.iso.bz2 > -------- > > First is the mentioned ISO. It's 698Mb... > > And second is the same ISO but it's been bzipped: 250Mb... it's taken near 3 > times less to download than a normal ISO. > > Wouldn't it be possible that the ISOs were (also) bzipped ? They'll take much > less download time 8-? I've tried compressing isos (I think redhat and mandrake ISOs) in the past and they rarely become more than a few megs smaller. I suspect it just depends exactly what is on the CD and how well compressed those things are. Can anyone test with a modern mandrake ISO?
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