[GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

Lennart Sorensen lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Tue Mar 6 15:51:15 EST 2018


On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 01:51:58PM -0500, Giles Orr wrote:
> Unfortunately, you won't be able to run jigdo on the TPL computers.  If
> you're running your own laptop on TPL's wireless, you could do this.  But
> that won't be as fast as their wired public access machines.  It'll take
> literally hours (I'd guess 4-5 hours, but it depends on the branch and
> could be worse).
> 
> I think the probability of your wanting any software from the fourth
> through 13th DVDs is extremely slim, and you shouldn't worry about it.  If
> you do need it, that's the stuff you put up with downloading later because
> it's actually MORE hassle to get DVDs 4-13 now.  They front-load the most
> wanted stuff onto the first three DVDs.

Absolutely true.  I was just saying that getting those 3 DVDs does not
mean you have _everything_.  Just the most popular stuff.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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