The real answer is just build a faster AND cheaper internet.
Cheers Don
Stephen Irons wrote:
Carl Cerecke wrote:
The trouble is that even a small patch means downloading the whole
package again. There are no "diff" type updates available.
Cheers,
Carl.
On 11/07/06, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Man its kinda annoying to have 100M updates for a six week old distro!
Particularly when download of two fail - they don't seem to be on the
ubuntu nz server.
If I can get the poxy cd writer at the office to go properly I will try
and write some cd's of the updates before tonight.
Should have brought the laptop in, it makes a good portable drive for
this sort of thing!
The problem of huge download for a small patch has always worried me
about binary distributions. With a slow, expensive internet connection
and almost free, reasonably fast and unlimited duration computing, it
seems to me that a Gentoo style source update model might be better
suited for home users.
1. Are Gentoo updates (emerges?) really smaller than binary downloads?
One thing I like about the Ubuntu model is that they have identified a
small number of applications and services that they support, and provide
regular security for. Their selection matches my needs quite closely, so
all I do is download the security updates once a month. I then do a
feature upgrade every six months (or so) when they release a new version
(this has worked twice: Hoary -> Breezy -> Dapper).
2. How would I restrict Gentoo updates to really important things on
specific applications?
Stephen
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