On Jan 25, 2008 4:58 PM, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Way be when I first looked at downloading Debian, I had a similar > > experience. The difference was that I see no value in having to > > download and install a special program that I'm going to only use once > > to download one thing. I already have ways of downloading files via > > ftp, http, etc., why do I need to mess with this new program? > > Well... it does use http. The why would be for similar reasons people > use torrent. Also like why you could use a telnet client to browse to > view a web page via http, but you get a browser instead (bad example). Exactly my point. I already have a bunch of programs to download files. "Bob" is going to ask why he can't just use IE, Firefox, uTorrent, <insert P2P app-o-the-week>. Why do I need this "special" download program that I've never heard of that I will only use to download Fedora? If Linux is that hard, why bother... Personally, I can see where jigdo makes sense if you already have some of the files downloaded, but the new user is going to be starting from zero. -- William Hooper
