[sf-lug] Ubuntu release

[mark at weisler-saratoga-ca.us]

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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] Ubuntu release
> From: Paul Ward <dssstrkl at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, April 26, 2008 11:57 am
> To: "sf-lug at linuxmafia.com" <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
> 
> 
> Sorry about that first message. You should look for the torrents. Both  
> ubuntu and kubuntu have active 8.04 seeds, so you should be able to  
> grab the ISO fairly quickly.
Yes, I've downloaded 8.04 using bittorrent and these took just a few
hours over broadband. By these I mean one CD version and one DVD
version; just last night.
My experience, FWIW, is that when a release is new and many people are
simultaneously downloading, bittorrent seems to thrive and happily
download without delay or cloggage.

Mark

> 
> Paul Ward
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> 
> On Apr 26, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Alex Kleider <a_kleider at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone been able to download the recently released .iso?
> > I've tried many times using a variety of different sites as source
> > but always without success.
> > Typically the download begins but then the down load icon just stops
> > showing any activity. Usually this happens at about the "6% of 1  
> > file -
> > Downloads" point.
> > Is this a symptom of too many others trying to download? If so, then
> > clearly I just have to wait until traffic dies down but I'm worried
> > that this might be a problem at my end.
> >
> >
> > a_kleider at yahoo.com
> >
> >
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