[Novalug] Is Cox blocking bittorrent?

Michael Hans mhans@oqtol.com
Tue Feb 3 12:33:29 EST 2009


Agree with Maxwell. While on travel I rarely have stable connections
(airport is great, plane not so much, hotel great, transit not so much),
having the physical images just saves me time although I agree it's not my
choice when stationary.



On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Maxwell Spangler <
maxpublic08@maxwellspangler.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 11:02 -0500, Theodore Ruegsegger wrote:
> > Eric wrote:
> > > I've always been perplexed by why people need to download a whole DVD
> > > and burn it to disk in order to install. Do non-Debian based distros
> not
>
> > I'm perplexed and disappointed that I even need a CD for most distros.
> > Since most of us are going to upgrade from the network repositories
> > anyway, why install a ton of stuff you'll be replacing within the
> > hour? And why download all that stuff you're not going to install in
> > the first place?
>
> I think you Debian folks were 'raised' with some clever technology and
> find it hard to understand why the rest of the world isn't using the
> same since it makes so much sense to you.
>
> But lets remember that much of the world doesn't have the skills of a
> typical Debian user and may not have the speed, reliability or access
> time on the kind of network connections offered to a typical Debian
> user.
>
> I like having the opportunity to give someone a DVD of Fedora and
> letting them install it on their farm, mountain cabin, boat, etc.  They
> can do a complete install and while they can't get patches and upgrades
> they can start working with and exploring Linux without feeling left
> out.
>
> I have a DSL at home that goes up and down quite often.  That's another
> opportunity where I'm happy to have everything I need already
> downloaded.
>
> But with that said, I think Fedora 10 is doing more of the minimal
> +download route and I'm eager to try it.
>
> --
> Maxwell Spangler
> Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
>
>
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