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

[Simón Ruiz]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:43 AM, David Ernst <david.ernst at davidernst.net> wrote:
> Thanks to both of you Michaels for your advice and suggesting
> bit-torrent.  I'd never used it, it's amazingly easy, no setup, wow.
> I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I associate bit-torrent with
> things like downloading movies illegally, so although I know this
> usage is perfectly legal, I still figured there'd ... be... something
> not to like about it.  But, I loved it.  I even let 700M of the file
> be uploaded from my computer as my way of saying "thanks".  :)

Oh, yeah. BitTorrent is quite the awesome technology, regardless of
it's social stigma.

I used it at North to distribute disk images (w/System Imager) so that
the image server (which could serve about 30 clients directly, before
bittorrent) could serve 300 clients without breaking the slightest
sweat.

> anyway, disc burned, installation just completed, here I go!  :)

I just started my downloads.

I'm interested in seeing the work done on the netbook remix. At my
work, we've gotten a few netbooks of different models to get a feel
for them, and so far I've tried out the OS that comes with them
(Linpus, and Ubuntu with heavily customized interfaces) as well as
normal Intrepid desktop installs.

Wasn't too impressed with the hardware support in Intrepid for the
Aspire One (the only one that didn't come with some form of Ubuntu so
far), but they claim it's "Tier 1" supported hardware for Jaunty's
netbook remix.

> thanks again,
>
> david

Happy Jaunty Day, all!

Simón