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 <
lthielster@gmail.com> 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 <PLUGd@lufthans.com> 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
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