[ILUG-BOM] [X Post] Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released

[Rony]

Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Rony <gnulinuxist at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Those who want to download the DVD iso and find the dvd servers slow,
>> can use the jigdo download method. It downloads all packages
>> individually and assembles everything into an ISO inside your pc.
>> http://debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/
>>     
>
> Thanks for pointing this out. I actually recommend that people use
> jigdo irrespective of whether they have a fast or slow mirror.
>
> You might also want to try ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian with jigdo,
> especially if you are in Chennai (it has been fast for me in Chennai).
> As I write this, archive update is in progress though. (A file called
> Archive-Update-in-Progress-rocky-mountain.csail.mit.edu.lock is
> present there at this time).
>
>
>   
I was under the impression that the Indian servers of Debian were slow 
or non-existent but this is good news. I read your nice article on 
Kartik's site.

I had already done one half of the download from the Taiwan server so I 
continued the same and finally downloaded Lenny DVD1, Lenny live KDE CD 
and a new version of Finnix (92.1).

Lenny live cd is a lovely no nonsense CD that does what it is meant to 
do. It comes loaded with OpenOffice 2.4.

Finnix http://www.finnix.org/ is a live Debian based CD that brings up a 
root command prompt for all diagonistic purposes and system 
maintainence. I was extensively using the older version. It is a tiny 
atom bomb. The new version has lovely boot options including Smart Boot 
Loader to choose boot devices. The elinks browser is fun to use too.

-- 
Regards,

Rony.

GNU/Linux !
No Viruses
No Spyware
Only Freedom.

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