[PLUG] linuxfromscratch needs a home (fwd)

[D Uhlman]

I would say most certainly so, LFS is a definitive resource for 
understanding linux and distributions. I would say to a large degree 
linux from scratch is how I ended up in the linux business. They have 
stayed fairly current with todays trends and offer a lot of information 
about how linux works from a very fundamental level. I wouldn't be 
surprised if a lot of the people who started many of todays linux 
distributions didn't check out linux from scratch at least once for help.

Though a literal T1 is 1000$ (at full retail) LFS really needs about 1TB 
a month in traffic which works out to about 300$-400$ per month for 
those already in the industry with colospace. I would expect to that 
usage could be reduced some with careful mirroring/caching/etc.

As I stated previously I could donate up to about 300GB a month if 
people are interested in pooling a solution.

Sincerely,
David Uhlman
CTO 50km Inc.


George Gambill wrote:
> I seem to remember going into this web page some years ago.  
> But, then, I have been wrong before.
> 
> My question (and it is a harsh question) to this group is: 
> 
> 	Is "linuxfromscratch" a site (group) worthy of being helped
> 	considering the need for a T1 line (assuming a T1 will suffice) 
> 	and it's cost.
> 
> Some openions on this would be helpfull.
> 
> 
>>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:47:46 -0700
>>From: D Uhlman <plug_mail@50km.com>
>>Organization: 50km Inc.
>>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>Subject: Re: [PLUG] linuxfromscratch needs a home (fwd)
>>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>
>>
>>I have offered some of our servers but could only offer around 300gb a 
>>month and haven't heard back, they use historically about 25gb a day 
>>(1TB a month).
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>David Uhlman
>>CTO 50km Inc.
>>
>>Eric Katherman wrote:
>>
>>>What kind of traffic does it generate and what features do you need
>>>(PHP, CGI)?
>>>
>>>On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 15:33, Matt Alexander wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:21:16 -0800
>>>>From: Carla Schroder <pluglist@bratgrrl.com>
>>>>Reply-To: plug@lists.pdxlinux.org
>>>>To: plug@lists.pdxlinux.org
>>>>Subject: [PLUG] linuxfromscratch needs a home
>>>>
>>>>http://community.linuxfromscratch.org/explanation.txt
>>>>
>>>>"... LFS needs a new home. We've tried contacting some ISPs but
>>>>nothing worked out. Either we don't get a response at all, or a
> 
> rejection...
> 
>>>>"While LFS will be limping around a bit (pardon the pun) I'm requestion
>>>>assistance from you LFS'ers. Is there anybody on this list who is able to
>>>>co-locate the LFS server? I must point out that I don't make any money
> 
> off
> 
>>>>LFS and personal funds aren't available to pay for it..."
>>>>
>>>>Passing this along in case anyone can lend a hand.
>>>>--
>>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>Carla Schroder
>>>>Bratgrrl Computing
>>>>www.bratgrrl.com
>>>>This message brought to you by
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