On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 26 May 2010 01:31 PM, � Duffy wrote: >> As I already explained clearly: torrents, jigdo, and mirrors are not >> required to download and enjoy Fedora. These alternative and in some >> cases niche methods for downloading Fedora are not essential for >> actually obtaining Fedora. > > Jigdo, maybe but calling torrents as a niche method is probably incorrect. I thought torrent was precisely invented for this kind of purpose. I also held the opinion that torrent is by far the number one method of getting Fedora, or any other Linux distro for that matter. It offers the most efficient downloading speed while keeping the main servers off too much load. Also, Windows users shouldn't be underestimated for their knowledge of using torrent. Removing the torrent from the download page is just a poor design decision, IMHO. People who get scared off by technical terminology on a website offering a Linux operating system should probably be better off using Windows or OS X anyway. It doesn't make much sense to reduce available choices and functionality of a website in order to fit to a newbie frame of mind. Following the logic of this kind of design, why does Fedora have a download page at all? Anyone can use google, at least anyone who aspires to try and install a whole operating system on a computer. Why bother offering anything on the website explicitly? ;-) :-) Marko -- 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
