From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.74]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ALTff-0003ZH-00 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:39:00 -0500 Received: from user187.net435.nj.sprint-hsd.net ([65.40.120.187] helo=eheil) by falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1ALTfb-0003Mt-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:38:55 -0800 Message-ID: <002301c3ac81$a77c5d90$0201a8c0@eheil> From: "Erik Heil" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <001501c3ac05$fa93a5a0$becc1a42@triad.rr.com><5.1.0.14.0.20031116125210.03cd15e0@mail.fireantproductions.com> <20031116201227.GB32612@gmx.net> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:38:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: Debian or slackware? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: Erik Heil , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:39:00 -0000 yeah, that app sucks for downloading. Bandwidth is terrible for a lack of better words. From a good FTP mirror, I average about 360 Kbps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 3:12 PM Subject: Re: Debian or slackware? > I tried bittorrent. took 6 hours to grab the first cd so I dropped it > and downloaded the second and third cds in like an hour each. > On Sun, Nov > 16, 2003 at 12:57:05PM -0700, Aaron Cannon wrote: > > At 10:05 AM 11/16/03, Chris Gilland wrote: > > > > > > >> jes, there are I think like 4 CD's to Slackware 9.1 but I believe the > > >last > > >> two are just source code, so it's up to you whether you want them, but > > >> you'll certainly need the first two CD's... Especially if you wanna use > > >> Gnome with Gnopernicus. > > > > > > > > I disagree. I had much better results with bittorrent. Also, I really > > like the idea of distributing the bandwidth among users, instead of having > > one or two sites primarily carry the load. > > > > > > -- > > "It makes me mad when people say I turned and ran like a scared rabbit. > > Maybe it was like an angry rabbit, who was going to fight in another fight, > > away from the first fight." > > -- "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handy > > > > PGP Key: "Aaron Cannon " > > Finger Print: 7110 F4AF 82B9 1C1A 5875 8F7A CB72 9AA9 C315 0FE6 > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by AVG antivirus. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/03 > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk? > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup