[Novalug] [Ma-linux] Kubuntu 8.04

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Fri Sep 5 18:31:39 EDT 2008


I do have Ktorrent, I could download from the link below.  I stopped the
download as I had already downloaded the DVD iso image.

Once you complete the download of a torrent file, what, if anything , do you
have to do prior to burning it to disk?

Jay

> Just grab the cd - you won't be missing much. Plus, you can install
> kde 4 alongside 3.
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:39 PM, "Jay Hart" <jhart@kevla.org> wrote:
>
>> Ken,
>>
>> I'm not able to download the DVD iso from the link below. Access
>> denied.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>> Torrent software is not illegal.  How you use it can be.
>>> Downloading ISO
>>> images is a great legal reason to use it.  Here is the OFFICIAL and
>>> legal
>>> DVD torrent links:
>>> http://torrent.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/hardy/release/dvd/
>>>
>>> Downloading copyrighted materials is not legal use of it.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 23:13, Megan Larko <larkoc@iges.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jay Hart wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I heard that stuff was illegal, I'm NOT USING THAT...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> No.  I've not heard that it is illegal.  I've just heard that some
>>>> internet
>>>> providers (I think that Comcast may be one but I am not sure)
>>>> block or slow
>>>> down torrent downloads.
>>>>
>>>> megan
>>>>
>>>>> Jay ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> This is where torrent software is handy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> K
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 17:11, Jay Hart <jhart@kevla.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Burning the image is the easy part, its the download that takes
>>>>>>> a while.
>>>>>>> I've
>>>>>>> never downloaded DVD ISO image, so guess I'll see.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I did not see on the kubuntu site a DVD image for download.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jay
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Unless you have your heart set on burning it yourself, you can
>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>> Kubuntu, Edubuntu, etc. extremely inexpensively on DVD or
>>>>>>>> thumb drive
>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>> www.on-disk.com.  If you can't find the DVD image on the
>>>>>>>> Ubuntu Web
>>>>>>>> page
>>>>>>>> [I don't remember seeing it either], I don't know wherre they
>>>>>>>> got it,
>>>>>>>> but they have it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>> **
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