[Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

Mon Dec 6 21:40:44 CET 2010

On 12/6/2010 8:39 AM, Daniel Kreuter wrote:
+>
+>
+> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Wolfgang Bornath 
+> <molch.b at googlemail.com <mailto:molch.b at googlemail.com>> wrote:
+>
+>     2010/12/6 Maurice Batey <maurice at bcs.org.uk
+>     <mailto:maurice at bcs.org.uk>>:
+>     > Mandriva has recently been showing their .iso file downloadable only
+>     > via BitTorrent.
+>
+>     Not true. Including current version it was/is available via BitTorrent
+>     AND FTP download from the mirrors.
+>
+>     > Will Mageia's .iso file be  downloadable by non-BitTorrent protocols
+>     > (e.g. FTP)?
+>
+>     This is one of those very very premature questions and will be
+>     discussed/decided when the time comes (which is far away). But without
+>     punching on my crystal ball too hard I guess Alpha versions will come
+>     as ftp downloads while I'd say distributiing the final with torrents
+>     and ftp would be a good idea - takes the load off the servers.
+>
+>     --
+>     wobo
+>
+>
+> I was downloading the latest version of Mandriva via ftp so it is 
+> still available as wobo mentioned above.
+>
+> -- 
+> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
+>
+> Greetings
+>
+> Daniel Kreuter
+>
+>
+>
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+link:  http://www2.mandriva.com/downloads/free/
+
+direct downloads are available....
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