On Monday 31 May 2010, Máirín Duffy wrote: >On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 20:49 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 20:42:34 -0400 >> >> Máirín Duffy wrote: >> > Would a completely new user ask "where are the torrents?" >> >> That is the first question I always ask when I want to download >> a new linux distro for testing. I always get better download >> performance with torrents. > >How many new users download new linux distros on a regular basis? I know of one potential user who probably has the iso's for the latest releases of the top 4 or 5 distros on his drives right now. He wants to make the jump, but can't seem to loosen his grip on windows. And I nag him steadily about that. And yes, he pulls most of them with a torrent client. >For how many new users would torrent be a performance increase? > >~m > Waves hand frantically. I can pull a torrent in about half the time I could get it from a NC server. I have a 3Mbit connection now. There is no way that your servers could handle 647 leechers at that bandwidth level, but since there were 500+ seeders at most of the times I looked, it was a piece of cake. Look at that as being 500+ other servers sharing the load on yours. Whats not to like? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
