Thank you for your information. Maybe a good idea to not just share this with
the people on this list, but also the rest of uganda by putting it on the
EACOSS website.
On Tuesday 29 August 2006 18:05, Lutaaya Robert wrote:
> Format i met cd/dvds. We now have debian dvd, Ark linux, Damn small
> linux, feather, Ubuntu, edubuntu, kubuntu, Xandros, core 5 among others.
>
> Thank you for the ideas.
>
> Robert
>
> Reinier wrote:
>
> >'That format' that is a bit vague. I know there are iso's available from
> >eacoss. My suggestion would be to drop the current distribution of iso's via
> >the website, as they impose a big burden on the bandwith usage. Besides
> >that, it seems to be too much trouble to keep the iso's up-to-date, as that
> >did not happen in the last 18 months.
> >
> >'some distros' is also a bit unspecified. I tried to search for what you
> >have, but that is a bit scattered. (there is some stuff in the suse 9.2
> >folders but nothing in the 9.3 folders for example).
> >
> >Maybe a synchronisation mechanism with a current repository (using rsync?)
> >would be a good idea? And then creating a web-page that describes what you
> >have to offer, and a small manual for people who would like to use it would
> >be helpfull.
> >
> >rgds,
> >reinier
> >
> >
> >On Tuesday 29 August 2006 12:47, Lutaaya Robert wrote:
> >
> >
> >>We have some distros that we distribute in that format.
> >>
> >>Robert
> >>
> >>Reinier wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Bandwith is an issue, i reckon. Would it be an idea to distribute the
> >>>CD/DVD's offline, and instead mirror (some) repositories.
> >>>
> >>>A Debian/(K)ubuntu repository and a Suse repository would be nice. Just
> >>>updating KDE in half an hour, instead of a whole night, should be great.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On Monday 28 August 2006 12:51, Mulo Emmanuel wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>It is a good idea to keep the distros updated but the bandwidth necessary
> >>>>to
> >>>>maintain this is a problem I can imagine.... IN any case it is good to
> >>>>have
> >>>>volunteers willing to contribute to keep it updated. Guess the EACOSS
> >>>>admin
> >>>>shall have to work out how that shall be done.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:18:03 +0300, Francis Musinguzi wrote
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Wire,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I can get U access to all the distros you can need. The problem is
> >>>>>accessing
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>them through the MUK firewall. The problem is that no one in
> >>>>administration
> >>>>seems to think that it's important to have a local mirror for distros and
> >>>>open
> >>>>source. Everyone keeps crying justification, not realising that setting
> >>>>up the
> >>>>mirror could in itself be a justification for more bandwith and
> >>>>resources.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Bravo EACOSS. The thought was nice, but the system needs to be advertised
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>and updated to be useful. This doesn't imply that collect any junk, but
> >>>>rather
> >>>>identify afew worthy apps and distros and MAINTAIN them. If given access I
> >>>>would be willing to maintain such a system, since downloading isn't a
> >>>>problem.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Those who need distros could contact me personally, so that we could
> >>>>>arrange
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>a way to pick the CDs from MUK, FCIT.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>FRANCIS.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>==============================================================================
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Reinier writes:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Hi Mulo,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>That's a very rich repository you guys & girls are running there.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>(http://mirror.eacoss.org/software/ )
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Too bad it is not very up-to-date. Even the ubuntu/kubuntu/edubuntu CD's
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>that you received two months ago are not there.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I'm just busy downloading Debian here, this would have speeded things up
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>greatly.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>rgds,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>reinier
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Saturday 26 August 2006 13:53, Mulo Emmanuel wrote:
> >>>>>It is available on the EACOSS mirror.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:29:50 +0300 (EAT), wire wrote
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Alex
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>When you get a copy, gimme a holler. I need it too (for memories' >
> >>>>>>>sake)
> >>>>>>>Wire
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>hi everyone
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Am wondering if anyone on the group has Slackware 10.1. ??
> >>>>>>>Please let me know how I can obtain a copy
> >>>>>>>I kinda need it urgently
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>ALex
> >>>>>>>==========
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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