Thanks. I never thought to scroll past all the foreign sites. It is also interesting that the first torrent I tried (in the UK) began with an estimate of 7 days and dropped to 2 days in a couple of minutes. I quit that and tried a torent from norway which started at like 7 HOURS and dropped to about 2 hours in a couple of minutes. On 9/24/06, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > > On the download page (where you choose a mirror site) scroll to the bottom > and there is a small list of DVD distribution sites. Almost nobody mirrors > the DVD due to the huge size, so the few locations listed are mostly Ubuntu > themselves. Be kind to the intercontinental links and use bittorrent for > the DVD download. > > Each variant (K/X/Ed/Ubuntu) is it's own sub-distribution, so they each > have different disks. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and EdUbuntu each offer a DVD > download (go the the appropriate site, select download, then go to the > bottom of the page). XUbuntu does not appear to have a DVD version > available at the moment. > > There is a separate DVD for each architecture(i386/AMD64/PowerPC) as > well. All told there are 9 DVD's available, which is better than the 27 > CD's (Xubuntu is 9 more CD's, but no DVD's), but still a lot. > > The primary value of the DVD is the combining of Desktop/Server/Alternate, > and the inclusion of many more packages on the DVD (the entire main > repository I think), cutting down on the amount you'd have to download if > you add a bunch of common tools right after install. > > ==Joseph++ > > Dazed_75 wrote: > > Where did you get the DVD? I was not able to find a DVD iso for > download, > > but I only checked 8 of the USA sites. For that matter what variations > are > > on it? I was hoping desktop, server, alternate ununtu and kubuntu and > > maybe > > even the edu/xbuntu variants (though I would guess not al of > them). That > > would be very handy for friends and for experimentation. > > > > On 9/23/06, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > >> > >> Hmmm.... I just ran the install this evening using the latest 6.06.1ISO > >> and it had an option to do a text-based install, may have been DVD, > >> however, > >> I'll have to check... Oops, I guess it was a DVD, thought it was a CD. > >> I just checked the CD, though, and you're right, it only offers the > Live > >> install. The alternate CD does offer the text-mode install. I guess > >> they > >> combined them for the DVD and I just grabbed the wrong disk earlier. > >> Points > >> to an advantage for the DVD, it has all of the install methods right > >> there, > >> no fumbling for multiple disks. > >> > >> ==Joseph++ > >> > >> JT Moree wrote: > >> > Joseph Sinclair wrote: > >> >>> There's an option in the initial menu on the Ubuntu/Kubuntu CD's > >> to do > >> a text-mode install (or OEM install or Server install), which bypasses > >> the > >> liveCD environment for slower machines, or if you just prefer > non-graphic > >> installs. > >> > > >> > I dont think they have that for the latest release. From what the > site > >> > says and my experience, you have to use the DVD or alternate install > >> cd. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > JT Mor�e > >> > PC Xperience, Inc. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss