[ubuntu-us-in] getting Jaunty... responsibly... locally..?

[Michael Wigren]

I would watch this page: http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.04/
tomorrow. Find the version you need, most likely the one marked
dekstop-i386.iso, and click on the link the says ....iso.torrent. If
you're using Ubuntu you should be prompted to open a .torrent file with
Transmission. If you're on Windows I suggest uTorrent. The file will
then be downloaded. You wont be pounding the official servers, and
you'll be helping others keep the load a little lighter. 


On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 08:35 -0400, David Ernst wrote:
> So, I put off my scheduled hardware upgrade with the plan of just
> running Jaunty on it from day 1 (I must admit, I really don't enjoy
> the process of installing OSes, even though Ubuntu is the easiest OS
> I've ever installed).  I should have all of the hardware today, and
> I'll want to get my official copy of Jaunty very soon after it's
> available...
> 
> I'm sure there's a million people who will also want to download it
> very soon after it's available.  Which leads me to wonder: what's the
> best way to do that?  Surely a million people each downloading 700M is
> not good for ubuntu.com, they have some mirror sites but not all that
> many... 
> 
> Should I just join bit-torrent?  Does IU or someone else in Indiana
> have ways to get?  Any advice?
> 
> David
> 
> 
-- 
Michael Wigren <michael.wigren at gmail.com>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 197 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
Url : https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-in/attachments/20090422/44ec56d1/attachment.pgp