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Carnival Forces
11-01-2004, 10:17 AM
i was just curious as to how people obtained their distros...

personally, i use Azureus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net/) (a BitTorrent client) and the torrents from The Linux Mirror Project (http://tlm-project.org/torrents/)

it's really sad though, at any given time, even for disc ONE of a distro, there are maybe, 4 to 8 seeds...i've never seen double-digit seeds :(
acascianelli
11-01-2004, 10:19 AM
bittorrent and ftp. sometimes http downloads. my bittorrent client is Azureus 2.2.0.0, and i use filezilla and flashget for ftp/http. but i prefer bittorrent just so i can help others get linux :D

downloading suse 9.2 bittorrent and kanotix with ftp right now
zeos
11-01-2004, 10:36 AM
definitely from http or ftp which ever mirrors are faster. although i did download the fc3t2 through the bt and it was pretty fast.
inc
11-01-2004, 10:58 AM
Bootstrap off Knoppix....
[H]EMI_426
11-01-2004, 01:34 PM
FTP from one of the FreeBSD mirrors...There's one local, so it generally works out well. Since I don't run Linux willingly any more I probably wouldn't bother with the Linux Mirror Project.
mbrewthx
11-01-2004, 02:04 PM
FC2 : FTP download
Gentoo : FTP Download
SUSE 9.1 : Courtesy of NOVELL :D :D
Solaris 9, 10: FTP

Using FC2 on my laptop.
Suse 9.1 on my development PC
BillLeeLee
11-01-2004, 03:03 PM
I answered BT, but I do BT, FTP, or HTTP.
ameoba
11-01-2004, 03:12 PM
Depends on which distro.

If I'm trying something new, I'll pull BT, FTP or HTTP (in order of preference).

I'm I'm using Debian, I'll use FTP off the mirror we have in the server room. 10MB/s to a mirror is nice. Technically, I'd call this rsync, since that's how we get it from the outside world.
Sniper|3d-R|
11-01-2004, 08:23 PM
http://www.slackware.com

Kernel: kernel.org.
Deadlierchair
11-01-2004, 08:24 PM
Downloaded Mandrake (FTP), Debian (BT), SuSE (BT), and most recently Gentoo (FTP) which is why I put Ftp.

They say it helps with resources if you use the BT download (saves them bandwidth money?) so whenever possible I do that.
compslckr
11-01-2004, 08:24 PM
first choice for me is FTP, the BT
NewBlackDak
11-01-2004, 09:12 PM
emerge sync && emerge system
lithium726
11-01-2004, 09:18 PM
FTP, and i got SuSE off HTTP, i think
HHunt
11-02-2004, 08:27 AM
I get my FreeBSD install CDs from the ftp mirrors, but I usually go for a bootonly-CD and install over ftp.
morpheus777
11-02-2004, 01:13 PM
First choice is FTP, then HTTP, I just downloaded Mandrake 10 from LinuxISO.org about 2 weeks ago, which is what I'm posting on now.

Been Windows free for about 5 days now... :cool:
KoolDrew
11-02-2004, 02:01 PM
BitTorrent
westhebass
11-02-2004, 02:10 PM
All of the above.
Carnival Forces
11-02-2004, 05:13 PM
Downloaded Mandrake (FTP), Debian (BT), SuSE (BT), and most recently Gentoo (FTP) which is why I put Ftp.

They say it helps with resources if you use the BT download (saves them bandwidth money?) so whenever possible I do that.
yeah, BT is most definately the best way for the community although, at the moment, it may not be the fastest way for the individual. but if we can spread the word and get more people BTing for TLMP then it will be both faster and, still, better...

how many of you guys leave your torrents open after d/ling? i know i do....
rogue_jedi
11-02-2004, 06:04 PM
i said ftp, but i'll use http/ftp. whichever the fastest mirror is. though it is usually ftp.
http://www.mentallyretired.com/h/index.cfm/u_rogue_jedi (http://www.hardfolding.com)
deuce868
11-03-2004, 07:17 AM
emerge sync && emerge system

Have to love those systems that don't even need a initial boot disk to install from. :p


I just get the Debian base 110mb cd from FTP.
HHunt
11-03-2004, 09:56 AM
Have to love those systems that don't even need a initial boot disk to install from. :p

I just get the Debian base 110mb cd from FTP.

Now my next FreeBSD install will have to be from a netboot, just because. :D

(But I get your point. The server it boots from was booted with the boot floppies and installed from an official ftp mirror, I think. Possibly a bootonly-CD.)
Carnival Forces
11-05-2004, 08:37 PM
this is sad :( how come so few of us help the community by using BitTorrent? why not more? :(
rogue_jedi
11-05-2004, 10:42 PM
well, bittorrent doesn't work through my proxy. that's my excuse, what's yours?
http://www.mentallyretired.com/h/index.cfm/u_rogue_jedi (http://www.hardfolding.com)
Bullitt
11-06-2004, 08:44 AM
Depends on which distro.

If I'm trying something new, I'll pull BT, FTP or HTTP (in order of preference).

I'm I'm using Debian, I'll use FTP off the mirror we have in the server room. 10MB/s to a mirror is nice. Technically, I'd call this rsync, since that's how we get it from the outside world.

seconded...