I also hit the ubuntu.com listed torrent and the download happened overnight with a pretty decent start (not sure how long but it was done when I woke up) ymmv, C.G. On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > On the ubuntu.com home page, if you click the download button for the > desktop or server you are taken to a page such as > http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download to select a location which has a > "Begin Download" button. Most people don't look to the right side which has > a section for "Other Options" one of which is a link for torrents. I used > that on release day and got 2 .iso's in about 40 minutes. > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 1:05 AM, der.hans wrote: > >> Am 24. Apr, 2009 schwätzte Chris Gehlker so: >> >> It seems to take forever. It is much quicker just to download the .iso >>> and install from scratch. >>> >> >> Yeah, the mirrors are swamped the week after a release. >> >> Have you tried apt-torrent or apt-p2p? >> >> http://www.camrdale.org/apt-p2p/ >> >> http://debtorrent.alioth.debian.org/ >> >> I haven't yet tried either, but plan to set up at least one of them for a >> test spin. >> >> I've been wanting packages via a torrent-like setup for a long time, but >> hadn't noticed those packages. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> -- >> # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ >> # Very frankly, I am opposed to people being programmed by others. >> # -- Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers (1928-2003) >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- powerofprimes@gmail.com Carlos Macedo Gomes _sic itur ad astra_