Re: Red Hat user shopping around
Paul 'Baloo' Johnson writes:
>On Thu, 9 May 2002, Glen Lee Edwards wrote:
>
>> I don't have a problem as much with downloading dependencies as I do with
>> needing programs that require conflicting libraries. I'm fortunate in that I
>> have an ADSL line that will allow 66+ kB/s downloads, assuming the site I'm
>> accessing can handle it. If the perl dependencies in your example install
>> without breaking other dependencies, I'm good to go.
>
>Jeez...I'm so glad I'm back on cable. 66kbps is infuriatingly slow...
Actually that's KBytes - or 528 kBits/second. The line is rated at 640 kb/s
download, but slightly over 520 is what I usually get. That allows me to
download a full cdrom in about 2 1/2 hours. I just download the 3 CDRom Red Hat
7.3 distro in less than 8 hours. Took weeks on my old 14.4 modem.
Glen
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