On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 01:29 -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Andy Walls wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 09:10 +0100, Patrick Boettcher wrote: > > > >> BTW: I just made a clone of the git-tree - 365MB *ouff*. > > > > Assuming 53.333 kbps download speed, 0% overhead, no compression: > > > > 365 MiB * 2^20 bytes/MiB * 8 bits/byte / 53333 bits/sec / 3600 sec/hr = > > 15.95 hours > > It is an one time download, since, once you got it, the updates are cheap. > > Btw, it is a way small than a single CD needed for you to install Linux. > > If you want to get it and you're not willing to pay to a decent Internet > connection, If only I could pay for a *decent* one. If I just want bandwidth at a poor level of service, poor reliability and high cost, then I'll pay for the local cable TV internet service. I'm in one of the white areas on the map on page 33 of: http://www.tccsmd.org/downloads/Broadband%20Final%20Report.pdf I don't really have options for getting a good value for my dollar on broadband internet. (The residential broadband deployment in the US is just terrible IMO.) > just ask someone to get it for you and save on a CD. Nah. Next time I head to the library, I'll just bring a laptop along: free WiFi. > Of course you can also keep using -hg. That was my plan. Regards, Andy > Cheers, > Mauro -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
