On 05/27/2010 04:58 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 13:42 -0700, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >> On Wednesday 26 May 2010 01:31 PM, � Duffy wrote: >> >>> As I already explained clearly: torrents, jigdo, and mirrors are not >>> required to download and enjoy Fedora. These alternative and in some >>> cases niche methods for downloading Fedora are not essential for >>> actually obtaining Fedora. >>> >> Jigdo, maybe but calling torrents as a niche method is probably incorrect. >> > That is why I said, "in some cases." > > Adding a direct link to torrents is costly because there's enough users > who do not know what a torrent is that you have to then also create and > somehow fit or work in an explanation of what they are and potentially > link to a tutorial that explains how to use them... > > That is pure BS. If people don't know what a bittorrent is or a jigdo they will ignore it...as long as you don't make those the primary download methods. As to those that know what they are...if those methods are available they should have a place in the "Get Fedora" page. They should not have to hunt it down just because they are "intelligent". http://software.opensuse.org/112/en has a direct link to bittorrent http://www2.mandriva.com/downloads/ has an obvious link to bittorent http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download has "Alternative Downloads" that simply leads you to bittorrent. http://www.debian.org/distrib/ has a direct link to bottorrent http://www.slackware.com/getslack/ has a direct link to bittorrent http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=59 has a direct link to a torrent I could go on..... By your logic...anyone with knowledge of a torrent would go to the "get fedora" page, find there is no torrent for fedora and choose a different distro and everyone that visited the pages above would flock to fedora when they encountered the dreaded "bittorrent" links. If you spent half as much time designing a decent download page as you've spent defending a poor decision you wouldn't be hearing grief. -- A candidate is a person who gets money from the rich and votes from the poor to protect them from each other. 葛斯克 愛德華 / 台北市八德路四段
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