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From: jr4412 on 8 Jul 2010 13:43 On 8 July, 16:57, Mark Shuttleworth <orchestratedfl...(a)markshuttleworth.com> wrote: > Another Linux user successfully driven (mad) away from Slackware to > Ubuntu! given the 'quality' of Archer's posts in various newsgroups (check out the rants at atheists), I'd say, you're welcome.
From: Archer on 9 Jul 2010 00:22 On 2010-07-08, jr4412 <jr4412(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 8 July, 16:57, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > > > Another Linux user successfully driven (mad) away from Slackware to > > Ubuntu! > > given the 'quality' of Archer's posts in various newsgroups (check out > the rants at atheists), I'd say, you're welcome. Do some checking yourself, idiot. I don't post there. Archer.
From: Joseph Rosevear on 9 Jul 2010 00:30 Archer <champ(a)the.bit> wrote: > Thanks, Joe. I did as you did, except for using a different p2p client. > Normally, I'd think that the client was the problem, but it's giving no > trouble with othr sites. > > I've gone for and ftp download. Ftp? How did you manage that? I don't seem able to get ftp to work reliably (if at all) for downloads of that size. Anyway, I quit trying. Glad you succeeded! -Joe
From: Helmut Hullen on 9 Jul 2010 02:15 Hallo, Joseph, Du meintest am 09.07.10: >> I've gone for and ftp download. > Ftp? How did you manage that? I don't seem able to get ftp to work > reliably (if at all) for downloads of that size. Anyway, I quit > trying. CLI or GUI (Browser FTP)? The last big FTP download I managed with the "midnight commander" mc. "lftp" might have done the job too, but one success was enough for me. Viele Gruesse Helmut "Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
From: Res on 9 Jul 2010 01:46
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:53:35 +0000, Archer wrote: > On 2010-07-05, Res <res(a)ausics.net> wrote: >> On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:47:00 +1000, andrew wrote: >> >> > On 2010-07-05, Archer <champ(a)the.bit> wrote: >> > >> > > Has anyone downloaded 13.1? >> > >> > Actual Australian ftp sites do not seem to be carrying much slackware >> > material, but speeds to the US and Europe are not so bad from my part >> > of Australia... If you continue to have trouble send an email from >> > this website: >> > >> > http://www.andrews-corner.org >> > >> > and I can send you a copy, us Aussies should stick together :). >> > >> > Andrew >> >> >> The mirrors page is out of date, > > Mmm. I tried amending ftp.planetmirror.com to planetmirror.com and got > connected, but their "slackwarei" page has OpenOffice and such. No > slack. > >> has been for over 4 years, I've >> brought >> it to their attention several times, I have given up in recent times, I >> even offered to take over maintaining it, but got as much response as I >> did with the dead links :) so forget the official slackware mirror site >> listing. >> >> Archer: Internode's mirror (unofficial mirror) carries it. > > That'd be perfect, but I can't find it from their home page, logged in > or not. Any way, I'm presently downloading it by ftp from a Belgian > site. > > Thanbks, Rez. > > Archer Hi, I know it's a bit late now :) but for future references.. http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/slackware/ Cheers |