Re: New release over due
On 15 Nov 1999, Fabien Ninoles wrote:
> ROTFL to you! I do it with a 14.4K modem... and only by night.
> apt-get -d dist-upgrade does a great work to let you upgrade
> your distribution in multiple chunks. The http protocol, as implement
> in atp, can continue old download so even big package can be download
> this way.
I remember downloading my first Linux ... was slackware in '95. Also
installed 386BSD the same month. Phone bill was almost $600. 9600 baud
(9600 was considered "premium" service at the time) and only ISP was a
long-distance call. People in rural areas of the US and in other countries
may not have the luxary or downloading overnight for free.
I am aware of several areas in the US that have no local ISP to this day.
Most of them are areas with private TELCOs that do not provide internet
service.
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