On Jan 25, 2008 4:08 PM, William Hooper <whooperhsd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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... Why not another? because it's to download linux? > 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. I think the mirrors may appreciate it. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )
