[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Intrepid Discs
Alan Pope
alan at popey.com
Tue Oct 28 15:49:50 GMT 2008
2008/10/28 Jai Harrison <jai at jaiharrison.com>:
> Is anyone here in the vicinity of Leicester or can they put me in
> touch with anyone in the vicinity of Leicester that will have access
> to a copy of the Intrepid ISO in 2 or so days time at launch? I'm
> currently living in student accommodation and they would pelt rocks at
> me if I downloaded an entire 700MB ISO so was hoping someone else
> nearby would be able to give me a copy of the ISO.
>
Thoughts that come to mind...
* Do you really, _really_ need the ISO on the day of release?
* Could you get it two days later?
* How about rate limiting the download to reduce housemate annoyance
using wget --limit-rate <url>
* Come to the release party - someone will likely have a CD there (not
a shipit one, but a home burn)
* Download the release candidate ISO now, and then use rsync or jigdo
on the day to update it (minimal download - can also be rate limited).
* Contact your local LUG to ask if someone else has high speed
broadband and would be willing to help?
* other suggestions I haven't thought of yet...
Cheers,
Al.
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