On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 06:02:50PM -0800, Satya wrote:
Nah man. I am with Satya. It is often a huge pain in the ass to download 3cds worth of data(redhat in this case) even over cable connection as the connection is so damm slow. As a result, not every linux user can
Actually, my cable connection is faster than my DSL. But I have dialup in Mumbai. Don't bother trying to convince me to get anything else.
[quasi quasiabhi@softhome.net]
I have got ~300Mb of 3.0 from http.us.debian.org et.al. It has most what I would use.
6 CDs >> 300Mbits.
Well, at IIT ( and probably other places ), we maintain a mirror of debian/kernel/GNU/RH-updates ( updated nightly ).
Although setting it up for external access has been a problem ( policy decision mainly, about external b/w consumption ), getting CDs from IITians at LUG meets shouldn't be a problem.
The only problem we face is very little interaction with people outside of IIT ( call us lazy, or call us busy ;-( )
Can't attend tomorrow's meeting as well ( submission deadline ). Sameer, if you are going to the meeting, you could take some CDs?