Re: FN-FORUM Red hat 7.3

date posted 10th June 2002 12:04

Rene Docherty wrote:
> Ive been downloading redhat from the mirror site at ftp.mirror.ac.uk,
> getting speeds up to 130kb/s. Still took up to 4 hours.
>
> Rene

I used the German mirror and got it consistently at that speed, only
took an afternoon to get all three CDs.

As an alternative you could try Slackware which is only 2 CDs, or one of
the tiny distros...

for the good distro links go to -

http://www.distrowatch.com/
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/
http://www.linuxiso.org/

be careful if you want internet and use a USB DSL modem, as the only one
that works (has drivers) as far as I know is the Alcatel SpeedTouch,
those with an Intel (like me!) are stuffed, if you use a router and
ethernet then you will be fine...

ade

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