yeah, that app sucks for downloading. Bandwidth is terrible for a lack of better words. From a good FTP mirror, I average about 360 Kbps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 3:12 PM Subject: Re: Debian or slackware? > I tried bittorrent. took 6 hours to grab the first cd so I dropped it > and downloaded the second and third cds in like an hour each. > On Sun, Nov > 16, 2003 at 12:57:05PM -0700, Aaron Cannon wrote: > > At 10:05 AM 11/16/03, Chris Gilland wrote: > > <snip> > > > > >> jes, there are I think like 4 CD's to Slackware 9.1 but I believe the > > >last > > >> two are just source code, so it's up to you whether you want them, but > > >> you'll certainly need the first two CD's... Especially if you wanna use > > >> Gnome with Gnopernicus. > > > > > > > > I disagree. I had much better results with bittorrent. Also, I really > > like the idea of distributing the bandwidth among users, instead of having > > one or two sites primarily carry the load. > > > > > > -- > > "It makes me mad when people say I turned and ran like a scared rabbit. > > Maybe it was like an angry rabbit, who was going to fight in another fight, > > away from the first fight." > > -- "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handy > > > > PGP Key: "Aaron Cannon <cannona at fireantproductions.com>" > > Finger Print: 7110 F4AF 82B9 1C1A 5875 8F7A CB72 9AA9 C315 0FE6 > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by AVG antivirus. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/03 > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk? > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
