Mandrake9.2 is out!

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Thu Oct 16 13:50:51 UTC 2003


On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 08:15:39AM -0400, Marc Lijour (Professeur d'Informatique) wrote:
> Le 15 Octobre 2003 07:44, Austin Acton a ?crit :
> > On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 04:35, JoeHill wrote:
> > > On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 04:05:20 -0400
> > >
> > > "Marc Lijour (Professeur d'Informatique)" <marc-bbkyySd1vPWsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> uttered:
> > > > You can download ISOs through bittorrent (peers)
> > >
> > > Isn't that only for Club members?
> >
> > Yes, bittorrent access is supposed to be for club members only (although
> > I'm sure someone will leak the torrents eventually).  This is for the
> > ISO's only, and they will be posted publicly in two weeks.
> 
> The logic of bittorrent isn't it that the more we share the faster it goes?

It still has to transfer it all, and many people may have bandwitdh
quotas that limit sending.

I bet downloading it once, and burning cd copies for your friends or
lending the CD is faster. :)

But what do I know, Debian considers CD distribution inefficient in
general.

Lennart Sorensen
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