I downloaded around 4:30 PM and all I got was 50kps in the US, then added Canada and watched it go to 230 kps. So I killed the US download.
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Nathan Nutter <[email protected]> wrote: > I BitTorrented both Ubuntu and Kubuntu in about 8 mins per ISO. =) > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Theresa Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was surprised -- I tried downloading it from the US around 7am this >> morning, and had no problems at all (64-bit version). >> >> Installed it in a virtual box, the install started at 8:26am, was >> completed by 8:34am, and I had the Virtual Box Guest Additions >> installed, and the system fully operational, by 8:37am. NOTE: you no >> longer need to do any software installations before installing the Guest >> Additions (used to be, you had to install at least build-essentials >> first). >> >> But by then, it was close to 9:00am, and when I tried to install other >> software apps, it was slooooooooooow (as in, Ubuntu restricted extras >> started installing at 8:48, finished at 9:27). So I just shut it down >> for now, and will dink with it more later. >> >> Theresa >> >> >> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 12:13 -0500, Mike B. wrote: >>> I ended up downloading from Canada because the US was so slooooooooow. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Theresa Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > According to El Reg, both the GRUB2 problem and the XOrg problem are now >>> > fixed. >>> > >>> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/29/ubuntu_10_04_bug_delay/ >>> > >>> > Theresa >>> > >>> > On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 16:57 -0500, Mike B. wrote: >>> >> Phoronix had an article about how the release was going to be delayed >>> >> because of, er, um, something or another. Oh, Grub2 problems >>> >> displaying dual boot systems. And yesterday someone claimed there was >>> >> a serious memory leak on the RC version that slowed 9.10 to a crawl >>> >> after a day of uptime. >>> >> >>> >> I'm downloading it now, and will burn to CD before upgrading. >>> >> >>> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> >>> >> wrote: >>> >> > It's officially out. Runs pretty nice, too: >>> >> > >>> >> > http://www.google.com/buzz/117156184869470243302/Uy8it7bGjk6/Just-installed-Ubuntu-Lucid-10-04-64-bit-1-on-a >>> >> > >>> >> > Regards, >>> >> > - Robert >>> >> > >>> >> > -- >>> >> > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >>> >> > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >>> >> > To post: [email protected] >>> >> > To subscribe: [email protected] >>> >> > To unsubscribe: [email protected] >>> >> > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >>> > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >>> > To post: [email protected] >>> > To subscribe: [email protected] >>> > To unsubscribe: [email protected] >>> > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >>> >> >> >> -- >> Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >> Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >> To post: [email protected] >> To subscribe: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe: [email protected] >> More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >> > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
