On Tuesday 06 April 2004 11:47, Don Gould wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there a mirror for Gentoo in NZ? ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/gentoo/
The advantage of the site is that it is available at full adsl speed to all xtra customers, but it's not an 'official' mirror so it's not always completely up to date. No rsync server. http://linux.citylink.co.nz/gentoo Similar to above, but they do offer an rsync server. I don't think is either an official citylink service or an official Gentoo mirror so it is rather haphazard. ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ This is one of the main mirrors, and works well for me. I use the default Gentoo round-robin system for rsync service, and the two archive mirrors above followed by the default list for download. In my exp. the mirrorselect system yields a very slow server in Aust. > I'm sure this was covered but I now > have a list of Gentoo related emails about a mile long. > > My situation regarding Linux changed over the weekend. I went from just > doing research to having a client who I have to get up and running with a > bunch of different things. > > It seems to me that many list members love Gentoo... "when in Rome..." - > you know the saying. > > I don't really have time to wait untill May to get somethings running. > > My choices are many... but as you lot all seem to like Gentoo so much I'd > like to get into that and see for my self if it makes good sense for my > client. That all depends on what your client wants. Gentoo is a proper pain to set up, in fact it's currently impossible to install it if you don't have a 'Net connection, but once you have a working system it's a dream to use and administer. ATM they are suffering from 'growing pains' to some extent. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
