Anthony Bryan wrote: > Hi, > > Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an > XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a file > (mirrors/P2P) along with info for automatic error detection/recovery > (checksums) and other stuff.
Bittorrent. > > It makes things simpler for the user, since they don't have to > manually try a bunch of servers that could be down, can use local > mirrors first, and can repair downloads (very useful for large files > like ISOs). Bittorrent. > > About 15 download managers & P2P apps support it so far, including > aria2 (in the Ubuntu repos), DownThemAll! (Firefox extension), KGet2 > (part of KDE4), and popular DMs on Windows and OS X like GetRight, > Free Download Manager, Orbit, wxDownload Fast, Speed Download, and > TheWorld web browser. You have to download something you don't already have. Download bittorrent. > > Wubi, the Ubuntu Windows installer, Ubuntu Greece and Indonesia use > them as well. Over 20 other distros use Metalink, along with > OpenOffice.org, cURL, and LugRadio. > > Metalinks for Ubuntu 7.10 are at http://www.metalinker.org/samples/ubuntu/ > > Here's part of what one looks like: > > <file name="ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso"> > <os>Linux-x86</os> > <size>729608192</size> > <verification> > <hash type="md5">d2334dbba7313e9abc8c7c072d2af09c</hash> > </verification> > <resources> > <url type="http" > location="ro" > preference="90"> > > http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ubuntulinux.org/releases/.pool/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso > </url> > <url type="http" > location="jp" > preference="100"> > > http://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/ubuntu/releases/.pool/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso > </url> > <url type="http" > location="us" > preference="90"> > http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/ubuntu/.pool/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso > </url> > </resources> > </file> > > > PS - Great work on Gutsy, it's very nice :) > -- Bring back the Firefox plushy! http://digg.com/linux_unix/Is_the_Firefox_plush_gone_for_good https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322367 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
